I would use a feeder that does not move around your hand too much so you are more stable. I had good luch with silks and wax worms even caci worms. The mealworms are good too depending on how energetic they are once you take them out of the fridge.
My panther is the same way. Inside he is more drab dark colors and outside the enclosure brighter and vibrant. I do get the impression that he prefers to be outside of the enclosure though but, such is life. Now he is going through a phase of not eating on the free range and when I hold my hand...
He will often bite on branches or plastics when he is out of his enclosure. It seems he is trying to taste different things. He has also eaten some dried up jade plant leaves, strange.
My baby panther was very dark for the first couple of weeks as I recall. I would say that if he is eating that is a good sign. Dont get it too hot in that enclosure 150 watts sounds high I have mostly seen reccomendations fro 60 -75 watts standard light bulb for basking.
I have a veiled that is about 8 months old and getting pretty big, and a panther that is 5 months old. I have been choosing the smaller silks up to know but the siks seem to be growing and eating exponentially!
I think my siks have outgrown my chams. Teh worms are about 3 inches long and the girth of a pencil. I am not sure if it is safe to feed these off or let them pupate. Maybe the motk will be easier to chocke down.
Any experience with this from other members?
Both of my chams are currently ignoring the crickets in their enclosures. I have set them loose in the enclosure and also have left a bunch in a cup. This leads me to another problem which is supplementing my chams since the dust does not stick very well to the superworms and silkworms.
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I would leave a cup with 15 crickets in it and see what happens. I dont believe they would typically eat all of them inone sitting. If you are hand feeding 15 crickets you'll be spending some time holding your hand still. I had some good luck with leaving them loose in the enclosure but then if...
It's tough when they behave that way for sure. My veiled is that way with me going on 4 months in my care. I have been able to hand feed on quite a few occasions even with the hiding behavior. Mine will even puff, hiss and lunge, that is when I leave him alone.
It's like going onto WebMD when you have a pain in your side. After a few clicks you'll diagnose yourself with something terminal and then it will turn out to be the dried prunes you ate earlier in the day!
I thought it might be love but he scrambled up one arm, across my shoulders, down the other arm and onto another plant on the other side. I was just a bridge, crafty!