Thank you so much for the info guys. The turkey/beefheart/liver mix is almost the SDZ. This is what I feed my Red Tegu as well. This is what Varnyard Tegus feeds his critters. I put in one Centrum tablet for every 5lbs of mix as per the savannahmonitor.org site.
You have another great point with the hide being on the cool side. For the first 6 weeks I was feeding an empty enclosureas the little guy would be in his hide most of the time. He has now started to trust me I think and sticks his head out of the hide when I walk in. He also doesn't run to his hide any more when I enter the room if he is basking. If I am reading you correctly I will place another hide on the warm side of the enclosure as well. I'll try and get some pics up soon but my daughter took the camera on a vacation.
I forgot to mention in the original post that I also feed him snails. I get these from a Chinese supermarket. I crush the shell with a nutcracker as he is still too little to handle that and feed him the meat. It's kinda gross but he seems to enjoy them lol.
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