Just a few dietary/humidity questions

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Just a few dietary/humidity questions

Postby franklinslothman » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:19 am

Ive had dave for a few weeks now and ive been feeding him pretty often but he always seems to go for the meat and he is really not into the greens/veggies. I was just wondering if any of you have any good tips or tricks to get a fussy baby bluey to eat his greens. Also at this point from the other post i think at least its clear he is a gigas of some sort so im getting a lot of conflciting information regarding what to do in terms of humidity, so just any advice from anyone at all would be very welcomed, still very new to these awesome lizards and i really dont want to make any mistakes with him while he is growing up because he is awesome, Thanks!
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Re: Just a few dietary/humidity questions

Postby Dood » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:45 am

If you are doing a homemade diet then try mixing the veggies in with the meat.

If you are feeding dog food it should already have the 60:40 ratio of meat to veg that is recommened your young growing skink and the vegetables are puréed and in the food.

T. gigas live in more tropical climates and need a higher humidity than T.scincoides
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Re: Just a few dietary/humidity questions

Postby splashy07 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:40 pm

I put the greens/veg in a processor, finely chop them and mix with meat.
Seems to fool them into thinking they are just eating meat. I also add repashy so I am sure
they are getting some form of nutrition formulated for reptiles.

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