Hi, my bos is 5 inches. I was wandering if i could put half a boiled egg in his nie little food bowl for him? I say half as i highly doubt he could manage a whole lol

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please dont give your monitor eggs, unless they've been fertilized, theyre rich, fatty and not very nutritious-use whole prey items all the time, ive said it before and ill keep saying it, blood, bones, fur/chitin, organs, gut contents etc., anything else is junkfood

a rodent diet for a bosc iv always read isn't good as they are prone to obesity ?, just now and again every week?

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Correct, they should be fed a mostly insectivorous diet.

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I think it should manage half but don't give eggs to often, treat them more as 'treats' (i think we all need them every now and then)

yes eggs are ok as a treat its never done mine any harm once or twice a month whole prey items like rodents should allso be a treat, boscs are not ment to eat rodents they prey on inscets and snails there teeth sturcture is all the proff you need theyre alot straighter and pointed used for grabing small prey items than theyre larger african cousins the albigularis which grow alot larger and have teeth that curv back and are blunter which is used for grabing and crushing large prey such as rodents so your best off feeding a main staple diet of insects like crix locusts mealworms and if you can get snails like i said you can give them a mouse but just as a treat it will cost more to feed like that but your have a healthyer bosc
in the long run

He had a tiny bit of a hard boiled egg today, just a tiny bit. He comes out of his hides when no-one is around to eat and bask. He had a tiny bit of egg, and then afew crickets.

yeah, i know to only use eggs as treats, and use a mainly insect diet.

Thanks for all the help.

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he`ll settle down in a few weeks he`ll get more confident and come out when people are about

Yeah, he doestnt mind me being there, but when other people are around, he is a bit shy. I have a webcam setup in his viv so i can see when he is out lol

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