How much meat is too much for a young Gouldi diet?

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My young flavi's diet consists of a whole variety of different foods. From crickets- mice- minced meat. I have read that pinky mice and meats shouldn't be fed too often, and only as a treat...

So how much meat is too much in a weekly feeding schedule? Im curious as feeding minced meat and pinkies are the more cheaper option and easier to get the little guy nice and full each meal.

I can barely find any caresheets on sand monitors in captivity... would greatly appreciate any advice on the diet of a yearling sandy from anyone who is experienced in keeping these awesome monitors!

Cheers!
 
Pink mice are too small for a yearling sandy - it will be far better off if you offer it whole animal food - mice with fur & bones (a yearling could easily eat adult mice), chopped up chicks, woodies, crickets etc, than minced meat which has far less nutritional value and will damage your animal in the long-term. Chop larger food items into swallowable chunks if you have to.

Jamie
 
Ours can get weaner rats down. They also get chopped chicken necks.

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thanks guys for the helpful response! .. is there a rule of thumb of what size animals he can feed on? (eg. crickets size- measurement between a beardies eyes)... would he be able to eat a mouse bigger than his head?
 
They aren't like beardies with food size. As Jamie said, it should be able to get larger prey down than pinkie mice. I'd start with a weaner mouse and see how easily he can get it down, and go from there. As he grows, you can cut the crickets out. We did with ours when they stopped chasing them. If a monitor can get it down it will.
Tip: if you cut up a larger mouse or rat to offer him portions, cut it while frozen or semi-frozen. Less mess.
 
Yep, monitors can swallow remarkably large food items. Once I found an old, dried-up rat carcase when I was cleaning out a shed - stiff as a board with legs & sharp claws sticking out in all directions. I threw it on a compost heap, and was amused to see a Lacie attempting to swallow it later in the day. He eventually succeeded, after pushing it against the structure of the compost bin to force it down his throat. Something the size of its head would pose no problem.

Jamie
 
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