feeding?

[mangrove666]

My mangrove is aprox 20" and I am presently feeding him 2 pinkies a day most days and some crickets on the other days. I tried jumbo meal worms once but he didn't take. I was just wondering what would be some good choices for food other than canned dog/cat food.I really don't want to use canned dog/cat foot. Also I was wondering how much I should be feeding him daily. Wouled fuzzies be to big for him right now?

Thanks

[mbayless]

The mangrove monitor is a pacific based/inhabitant, and hence eats alot of marine/aquatic prey. This is beach comber, tree climber and nuisance to chicken/poultry pens in the various villages across Micronesia, PNG, Solomons, Caroline Islands, Pulau, and Australia.

Try shellfish, crabs, clams (take a clam, hit it with a hammer to break it open), fish, and place it all on a plate and get your hands out of their quick! V. indicus are ferocious feeding response, and do not let you know when they are upset (no throat inflating, sometimes hissing), and will bite anything that moves when in feeding mode....but these dietary items with mice/rodents will give it a varied diet, can be cheaper than just rodents if you are a good shopper (bait shops, korean fish markets: go into a fish market and ask if they have fish/shellfish/mollusc scraps to feed your monitor lizard - not for human consumption = it works!)....

Good Luck!
markb