I took Mel to the vet today because he he had "crusty eyes" that affected vision and his ability to shoot crickets. Also he has what looks like an infection on his crest and he seemed dehydrated.
Now he is back in his cage and he looks like he is really struggling. I am misting every 30 minutes...
Roaches rule; although they are expensive to get started.
They are a larger food unit. Maybe one or two per feeding
Crickets are cheap, dirty, smelly. Mel loves them, I hate them. Takes maybe 6 - 10 per feeding.
Thx.
Right now Mel only eats criks. If I can get him started on Dubias then I will ween him off criks completely.
During the change I'll need to keep both available and it will be easier just to keep them together.
Well, I didn't make any effort to take care of the criks.
I just put them in a plastic bin with some cut up vegges and every couple days went in to gather victims.
I'm guessing 1 year old. Maybe a little more. I haven't weighed him but he is approx 8" nose to butt, 15"+ tip2tip.
If I find the guy this weekend, I'm going to ask a lot more questions.