What a middle-aged female panther (who was developing fertile eggs) was fed January 1 -22, 2010 inclusive. She showed no interest in food on the 23rd. She started but abandoned a small tunnel on the 24th, water was provided via a dripper, but I didnt open the cage to offer food. All eggs laid by the end of the 25th.
Totals
Crickets (varying sizes):15
Butterworm (large):12
Stick Insects (medium):9*
Mealworm (adult):5*
Super/kingworm/ZophobasMorio (med-lrg):4
Turkistan Roach (adult):2
Dubia Roach (nymph-med sized):1
Hisser Roach (small):1
Terrestrial Isopod:1
Silkworm (sm-medium):0*
*normally silkworms are part of the diet, but a batch fail to hatch properly awhile back and thus I ran out this month! Therefore a few extra mealworms and stick insects were used instead. In retrospect, I should have upped the butterworm and superworm intake as well. I usually like to give them 3 bugs a day when developing eggs, but I see the average was actually 2.27 a day. (A maintenance diet when not developing eggs is 1.5 a day average).
Jan 1: Stick insects (gutloaded with blackberry leaves)
Jan 2: 1 small cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on orange fruit and a dry mix), one mealworm (vitamin dusted)
Jan 3: 2 medium sized crickets (Calcium dusted and gutloaded on orange fruit and dandelion, plus my normal dry mix)
Jan 4: 1 medium cricket (cal dusted and gutloaded same as previous day) and 2 medium superworm (gutloaded on oats, bran, dandelion and carrot)
Jan 5: 3 butterworm
Jan 6: Turkish roach (gutloaded on my dry mix plus orange, carrot and dandelion)
Jan 7: 1 medium superworm (gutloaded on oats, bran, dandelion and carrot)
Jan 8: 2 stick insects
Jan 9: 2 butterworms, 2 crickets (calcium dusted and gutloaded on my dry mix plus dandelion and carrot)
Jan 10: 2 mealworms (dusted with Calcium +D3) and 2 small crickets (calcium dusted and gutloaded on dry mix plus apple)
Jan 11: 1 small superworm (gutloaded on bran, oats and apple)
Jan 12: 2 sm crickets (calcium dusted, gutloaded on apple, dandelion and dry mix) and 2 stick insects (gutloaded with blackberry leaves)
Jan 13: 1 small cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on dandelion and dry mix)
Jan 14: 1 stick insect (gutloaded on bramble) and 3 butterworms
Jan 15: 1 stick insect (gutloaded on mixed blackberry bramble, dandelion leaves and romain lettuce) and 1 small cricket (gutloaded with dandelion, romaine and dry mix)
Jan 16: 1 medium dubia (gutloaded on romain, apple, dry mix and cooked whole wheat pasta), 2 butterworms
Jan 17: 2 mealworms (vitamin dusted, gutloaded on bran, oats and apple)
Jan 18: 1 cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on romaine, apple and dry mix) and 1 stick insect (gutloaded on bramble and romaine)
Jan 19: 2 small crickets (calcium dusted, gutloaded on dry mix and dandelion leaves)
Jan 20: 1 small hissing roach (gutloaded on dandelion, romaine, carrot, dry mix and raisins)
Jan 21: 1 adult turkistan roach (gutloaded on dry mix, raisins, carrot)
Jan 22: 1 adult terrestrial isopod, 2 butterworms
Jan 23: offered 2 small crickets and 1 medium superworm, but she didnt eat any of it.
On the late afternoon of the 25th she drank reagily, after laying 19 eggs. On the 26th she ate 6 butterworms, 2 crickets. On the 27th she got one stick insect, 3 butterworms, 1 gutloaded superworm. On the 28th one stick insect, 2 terrestrial isopods, a vitamin dusted butterworm and a cricket. On the 29th she got a few crickets and a soft freshly-shed mealworm. Today Saturday the 30th and tomorrow she will get crickets, stick bugs and butterworms. Starting Monday she goes to a non-breeding maintenance diet of only 1 or 2 bugs a day.
Totals
Crickets (varying sizes):15
Butterworm (large):12
Stick Insects (medium):9*
Mealworm (adult):5*
Super/kingworm/ZophobasMorio (med-lrg):4
Turkistan Roach (adult):2
Dubia Roach (nymph-med sized):1
Hisser Roach (small):1
Terrestrial Isopod:1
Silkworm (sm-medium):0*
*normally silkworms are part of the diet, but a batch fail to hatch properly awhile back and thus I ran out this month! Therefore a few extra mealworms and stick insects were used instead. In retrospect, I should have upped the butterworm and superworm intake as well. I usually like to give them 3 bugs a day when developing eggs, but I see the average was actually 2.27 a day. (A maintenance diet when not developing eggs is 1.5 a day average).
Jan 1: Stick insects (gutloaded with blackberry leaves)
Jan 2: 1 small cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on orange fruit and a dry mix), one mealworm (vitamin dusted)
Jan 3: 2 medium sized crickets (Calcium dusted and gutloaded on orange fruit and dandelion, plus my normal dry mix)
Jan 4: 1 medium cricket (cal dusted and gutloaded same as previous day) and 2 medium superworm (gutloaded on oats, bran, dandelion and carrot)
Jan 5: 3 butterworm
Jan 6: Turkish roach (gutloaded on my dry mix plus orange, carrot and dandelion)
Jan 7: 1 medium superworm (gutloaded on oats, bran, dandelion and carrot)
Jan 8: 2 stick insects
Jan 9: 2 butterworms, 2 crickets (calcium dusted and gutloaded on my dry mix plus dandelion and carrot)
Jan 10: 2 mealworms (dusted with Calcium +D3) and 2 small crickets (calcium dusted and gutloaded on dry mix plus apple)
Jan 11: 1 small superworm (gutloaded on bran, oats and apple)
Jan 12: 2 sm crickets (calcium dusted, gutloaded on apple, dandelion and dry mix) and 2 stick insects (gutloaded with blackberry leaves)
Jan 13: 1 small cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on dandelion and dry mix)
Jan 14: 1 stick insect (gutloaded on bramble) and 3 butterworms
Jan 15: 1 stick insect (gutloaded on mixed blackberry bramble, dandelion leaves and romain lettuce) and 1 small cricket (gutloaded with dandelion, romaine and dry mix)
Jan 16: 1 medium dubia (gutloaded on romain, apple, dry mix and cooked whole wheat pasta), 2 butterworms
Jan 17: 2 mealworms (vitamin dusted, gutloaded on bran, oats and apple)
Jan 18: 1 cricket (calcium dusted, gutloaded on romaine, apple and dry mix) and 1 stick insect (gutloaded on bramble and romaine)
Jan 19: 2 small crickets (calcium dusted, gutloaded on dry mix and dandelion leaves)
Jan 20: 1 small hissing roach (gutloaded on dandelion, romaine, carrot, dry mix and raisins)
Jan 21: 1 adult turkistan roach (gutloaded on dry mix, raisins, carrot)
Jan 22: 1 adult terrestrial isopod, 2 butterworms
Jan 23: offered 2 small crickets and 1 medium superworm, but she didnt eat any of it.
On the late afternoon of the 25th she drank reagily, after laying 19 eggs. On the 26th she ate 6 butterworms, 2 crickets. On the 27th she got one stick insect, 3 butterworms, 1 gutloaded superworm. On the 28th one stick insect, 2 terrestrial isopods, a vitamin dusted butterworm and a cricket. On the 29th she got a few crickets and a soft freshly-shed mealworm. Today Saturday the 30th and tomorrow she will get crickets, stick bugs and butterworms. Starting Monday she goes to a non-breeding maintenance diet of only 1 or 2 bugs a day.
