Fussy eater

[Nosyparker]

My male nosy faly, approx 9 months old, has become a very fussy eater. He'll only eat crickets or hoppers if he's very hungry, I try offering them to him first and usually he'll eat the odd one.
He adores worms, I've currently got butterworms, waxworms and calciworms. I know butterworms and waxworms are only suitable as a treat so I was wondering if there are any other worms that are suitable as a staple? He's not all that interested in the calciworms anymore as they aren't very big.
I've also had a few silkworms in the past but I'm not very fond on keeping them in bulk...
Thanks

 

[Ocelot357]

do you feed him every day?. Try skipping a day, so you just feed him every other day .

 

[Nosyparker]

Yeah I do, I was under the impression that while he was still growing i.e. up until 18 months to try and feed him every day? I might start feeding him every other.

 

[ZiggyStardust]

My male Veiled is about 10 months old and I feed him every other day now, otherwise he too becomes mega fussy!

 

[Bush baby]

Sometimes you have to give them some tough love to stop them from being spoilt.

I usually feed my Jackson's 'Kamino' Crickets, super worms, wax worms and BB.Westcoastroaches.com had a sale, so i ended up purchasing 100 Dubia's just to mix things up in his diet. Well, to my horror he refused to eat any of them! I didn't want to waste such a valuable food item, so i refused to feed him until he ate them. It took four days of me offering them to him and NOTHING else, for him to finally crack and start eating them!

 

[Nosyparker]

Ahhh, I'm going to try the every other day method with solely crickets, hoppers and calciworms until he stops being fussy, then the odd fatty worm once a week! Are Dubia roaches hard to keep? Or will they pretty much eat anything like crickets?
I'd be worried if Parker ate nothing for 4 days but I guess they can probably last a little longer! Tough love time.

 

[Bush baby]

A healthy cham can go days without food, just like it is in the wild where they don't food every single day; they'll be o.k so long as they're hydrated.

Dubia's are very easy to keep, but it has been my experience that they are a little more nit-picky about what they eat, compared to crickets. So, i still prefer crickets over Dubia's, but as i stated, i got them just to add some variety to my chams diet.