Hello all!
Up until recently I haven't given much thought to tegu obesity, but now that Bruce eats pretty heartily I'm a bit concerned that I'm feeding him too much. He's 3 feet from snout to tail tip (and that's with a regenerated tail), 12" around the belly, about a year old. I feed him about 1/2 cup of meat almost every day, consisting of a mix of chicken chunks, ground turkey or lean beef, beef liver, and occasionally hardboiled eggs and fresh fruits. I also feed him 3 to 4 rat pinkies once a week (he looooves these, could eat the entire bag if I let him), and gave him 4 feeder goldfish the other day just to see if he'd eat them (he was excited). He doesn't always finish his plate of meats tho, maybe every couple days or so he'll leave a quarter of it uneaten.
Is this too much? I read on various tegu care sheets they should be fed every other day, and I feed him every day if I can.
Also, random question, how old are Argentines when they lose the green on their head? I got Bruce when almost all the green was gone on his head, and the seller didn't know his age. I'd love to know how old he is!
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Up until recently I haven't given much thought to tegu obesity, but now that Bruce eats pretty heartily I'm a bit concerned that I'm feeding him too much. He's 3 feet from snout to tail tip (and that's with a regenerated tail), 12" around the belly, about a year old. I feed him about 1/2 cup of meat almost every day, consisting of a mix of chicken chunks, ground turkey or lean beef, beef liver, and occasionally hardboiled eggs and fresh fruits. I also feed him 3 to 4 rat pinkies once a week (he looooves these, could eat the entire bag if I let him), and gave him 4 feeder goldfish the other day just to see if he'd eat them (he was excited). He doesn't always finish his plate of meats tho, maybe every couple days or so he'll leave a quarter of it uneaten.
Is this too much? I read on various tegu care sheets they should be fed every other day, and I feed him every day if I can.
Also, random question, how old are Argentines when they lose the green on their head? I got Bruce when almost all the green was gone on his head, and the seller didn't know his age. I'd love to know how old he is!
20130417_130818.jpg