Eating help please
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Pharaoh2015
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Could be adjusting to the move. Count your crickets and see if any go missing. Mines a shy eater so he may not eat much around you.
MauPetatelier
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Could be parasite problem - suggest you have its stools tested for worms - it could be eating the plants to get the roughage to scrub out the parasites - hows its stools ? Runny and smelly or firm?
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I will post a pic of him tomm he is sound asleep. His stools are good a little more urite than black he drinks a lot. They are medium to small crickets they are not as thick as his between his eyes. I think he is getting more used to his cage he usually runs to the back of his cage and hide today he stood his ground when I sprayed when I reached in he even hissed at me. His basking temp is 94 I turned it up a little to see if he eats. today I added his calcium to a cup and dripped his cage with it so he can get a few of his supplements. I got dubias on the way should be here tomm on local pet shop is pet smart and they have a horrible selection or half the cup is dead feeder which I don't want. I will also weigh him tomm and monitor his weight over the next few days.
I will post a pic of him tomm he is sound asleep. His stools are good a little more urite than black he drinks a lot. They are medium to small crickets they are not as thick as his between his eyes. I think he is getting more used to his cage he usually runs to the back of his cage and hide today he stood his ground when I sprayed when I reached in he even hissed at me. His basking temp is 94 I turned it up a little to see if he eats. today I added his calcium to a cup and dripped his cage with it so he can get a few of his supplements. I got dubias on the way should be here tomm on local pet shop is pet smart and they have a horrible selection or half the cup is dead feeder which I don't want. I will also weigh him tomm and monitor his weight over the next few days.
MeruJack
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I have a five month old veiled. I got him at a reptile expo 4 months ago. Mine eats his plant often. When he was in a smaller enclosure I had to have two plants (one in the cage and one out) so I could switch them every month or so so that the plants would have time to recover and regrow. I believe your basking spot is about 10 degrees too hot. Until the age of 9 months, the basking spot should only be 85 max with an ambient temperature of 72-80. He just moved into his big boy Reptibreeze (2'x2'x4') about a month ago. He eats small to medium size crickets, mealworms, waxworks, & maggots. I tried dubia roaches a while back and he didn't like them, none of my chams did but I decided to give them another try and they should be arriving tomorrow. I feed him 10 feeders (usually two different types per meal) once a day every day. At six months, he's only supposed to eat 10 medium crickets every other day. I already see him slowing his eating as he's not eating all 10 items every day like he used to when he was going through a growth spurt.
I have attached two photos of my guy, Spike. The first is of Spike in October on the day I bought him at the reptile expo. The second is of Spike taken 4 days ago. (Sorry it's sideways!)
I have attached two photos of my guy, Spike. The first is of Spike in October on the day I bought him at the reptile expo. The second is of Spike taken 4 days ago. (Sorry it's sideways!)
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Pharaoh2015
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Don't put his temperature too high. Keeping it between 85 and 95 I think is good for babies
did a lot of research before I got him and I doing it all like I have seen on here I not too worried about him yet he eats enough to survive at least a\two crickets a day if not more I just don't see him eat them except a few times I see him drink a lot though. just trying to get opinions I trying to find a flying feeder to see if that helps but not sure what to get and its cold to get them shipped here I already worried about roaches and they are tougher than flies by far.
ChamDE86
Avid Member
Order phoenix worms and let them pupate into black soldier flies.
the have caliworms here but when I opened them at pet smart they were all dead solider flies are these same thing could I just go to better pet place here and get those its super cold here would they live I already worried for my roaches temps were ok when I order now the reaching -15 tomm
