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Re: Finally settled in
try different insects. shes too big for crickets so try roaches.
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Re: Finally settled in
Very pretty Argentine - I've kept 3 Argentines, and 2 Colombians from hell - The Argentines make a great large lizard pet
Lose the table scraps, and push the prekilled rodents - their feeding response aint that of a BP - Taking to the fruit in and of itself "grapes" is a good thing - You can always mix in the fruit and veggies with the turkey mix, along with the insects - I've found once they get bigger, the insects aint worth the chase to them, so as long as they are eating turkey - mash a little variety in there - The family Teiidae have been by far the favorite lizards I have kept - And Argentine B&W's are great to work with - Good Luck
I dig chicks with balls
Mike P.
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Re: Finally settled in
Thanks!
I did cut the table scraps out. I was considering making a meatloaf type thing with the turkey with the veggies (fresh shredded) added in. She likes the meat cooked Im just concerned I would cook the nutrients out of the veggies doing it that way.
Sin~
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Re: Finally settled in
I've always fed the turkey raw - They have a harder time digesting the toughened protein in cooked meats - And you would most likely lose some of the nutritional value from the veggies that way too. Better too feed them fresh.
I've also found that, with my Tegu's anyway - that if I mashed in too much different variety into the turkey, they would walk away from it - I would do turkey/fruit one feeding - turkey/veggies another feeding, turkey/insects another time.
My Argentines were up in the 4' range, and would not chase insects anymore so they got it in the turkey - I've never fed roaches as I personally can't stand them and didn't want them around the house.
I dig chicks with balls
Mike P.
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Re: Finally settled in
I've always fed the babies daily as much as they wanted to eat in one sitting - yours appears to be bigger and larger than a baby, but pictures can be deceiving - my older larger one's were fed about every 3 days - Alot of Tegus will eat whether they are hungry or not and can become obese, so you have to watch out in that perspective.
The largest Argentine I had was 52 ", and weighed around 10.5 lbs - he was an eating machine, so I had to watch how much I fed him - I always fed pre-killed as well - live feeding makes them too aggressive and crazy lol - I also fed outside of the enclosure exclusively with the Tegu's...
I dig chicks with balls
Mike P.
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Re: Finally settled in
They told me she was a yearling but a friend at the petstore said she sounded older.
She measures about 36 inches. No clue on her weight, my scale weighs snakes not wiggely tail whippin lizards lol. If I had to guess id say around 3 pounds tho.
Sin~
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Re: Finally settled in
When I used to live in Argentina, Tegus (lagarto overo) would smell BBQs and approach without fear. They would pretty much eat anything they were thrown.
Chris
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