I think this is a case of differing opinions and what your issues may be. Ideally, our tegus would be eating large, naturally gutloaded insects along with amphibians and other small animals. But we can't duplicate that very well. So rodents become and easy food source. If you need to be watchful of calcium (always a good idea), then bazzlinez's guidelines work well. If you are concerned about impaction, then the hair is not a good idea.
There is no hard and fast rule. I feed my large tegus F/T rats 2-3 week along with ground meats and fruit. My teguixin get the same diet but with large adult mice.
Laura R (FL)
1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.2.0 Red Tegu
1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
7 other lizards
1 little gator
3 FL box turtle
1 Sulcata tortoise
16 snakes
5 fuzzy pets
4 little frogs
a bunch of creepy bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree
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