so as i posted before that i was worried that my female bearded pygmy cham was going to have trouble getting and finding free range food and that i took an idea of youtube of cutting a small milk carton (plastic) in half and burying it in the substrate so it was just a deep hole to drop food in that couldnt really run and hide..i was just about to start the free range method when i was sitting there watching her and she was watching me (she probably saw the crickets near by LOL) and i decided to just drop one or two crickets in the cup..in the begining she didnt really associate the cup with anything and rarely looked for food there unless i placed her near it..but now she constantly has an eye on it and stays near the cup in her branches and leaves waiting..so i put them in there and boom she came running down from the top of the branches and went to town eating them.she loves the cup and it gives me the comfortable feeling of knowing she is eating and eating well..thanks for all the advice i got throuhg posts and PM's...im so fascinated with watching her i cant wait to get a pair and possibly a veiled at some point..
feeding my bearded pygmy: update
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hallenhe
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I give mine small crickets (~ 1/4 - 1/3 inch). Flightless Drosophila hydei are fruit flies that are a bit larger than the normal species (D. melanogaster); I put those in occasionally and they disappear over time (I buy them for my juveniles). Lobster or dubia (roach) nymphs can be small enough for pygmies, and I have given mine some. Last night my female grabbed a pill bug that had been put in there more as cleanup crew than as a snack, but apparently I forgot to tell her that. Sometimes you can get very small waxworms.
thanks, thats a good idea...she doesnt like any type of wax worms no matter what the size and even tried to see if she would eat small mealworms (though i know this isnt the best choice, was just interested in seeing her response)...
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