Hi Everyone,
I'm finally getting serious about getting a tegu and I've started doing some serious research on them, I never let myself bring a new species into the house unless I've done extensive research. Anyway, I want to provide the best diet possible for my future animal but I absolutely disdain feeding whole prey items. It's whats kept me away from snakes for so long, I love em but mice completely freak me out. After doing some digging around I came across the website hare-today. As I'm sure most of you know they sell many types of ground up animals that would include all the bones, hide, intestines, etc. Is there any way I could get away with feeding a variety of ground animals (mice, rabbit, goose, turkey, quail, etc.) and whole fish as opposed to feeding mice, rats, and chicks? I really love tegus and they've been my favorite species for a long time so if there's no way the animal would be healthy then I'll just suck it up and feed whole prey but I really want to investigate all the alternatives. Thanks for the help everyone!
I'm finally getting serious about getting a tegu and I've started doing some serious research on them, I never let myself bring a new species into the house unless I've done extensive research. Anyway, I want to provide the best diet possible for my future animal but I absolutely disdain feeding whole prey items. It's whats kept me away from snakes for so long, I love em but mice completely freak me out. After doing some digging around I came across the website hare-today. As I'm sure most of you know they sell many types of ground up animals that would include all the bones, hide, intestines, etc. Is there any way I could get away with feeding a variety of ground animals (mice, rabbit, goose, turkey, quail, etc.) and whole fish as opposed to feeding mice, rats, and chicks? I really love tegus and they've been my favorite species for a long time so if there's no way the animal would be healthy then I'll just suck it up and feed whole prey but I really want to investigate all the alternatives. Thanks for the help everyone!