Need a New Technique

[wst0209a]

I think I need a new technique for feeding. I am cup feeding for both. I use a milk jug with screen on the back. I put a dubia in his container and he wouldn't eat it. 2 days later I get another dubia out and put it on a branch near him and within 10 seconds he went for it. I don't think he likes my milk jug. I can't let everything free roam because its not bug prove. Is there any suggestions on how to make this better?

 

[christyo2o2]

if you r doing free roam, from what i read the other peeps on here letting their chams free roam are mainly hand feeding their chams.

 

[wst0209a]

I got some bee pollen for the waxies too. Do I have to crush up the beads or anything or can I leave them the way they are? I read on a different thread that all people use is bee pollen and that is it. Right now they are in about three inches of the bee pollen beads. Should I ass honey or anything to it. Will they do fine on just the pollen alone? Any other tips on the feedr cup?

 

[Justin Carl]

i only free roam caterpillars. i use tuperware at the bottom of his cage. it takes a while for them to find it, they just need to get use to it being down there. i usually go with 5-7 crickets with 2 suppers or 3 phoenix worms.

 

[MdngtRain]

I do both cup feeding (a deli cup tied to a branch or a tupperware at the bottom of the cage), and free-ranging the food in the cage. I'd have to say that my panther much prefers the hunt (he's faster at eating all his crix & worms & such). With my little ones, I'm only doing cup/tupperware feeding at the moment.
You can always try feeding yours one dubia at a time, and watching him eat it to make sure you don't have any escapees. I can't think of much else. He may just be nervous around the milk jug. Have you tried other feeding containers?
Good Luck!
~C

 

[angus310]

My guy will eat anything out of his feeder cup EXCEPT blaptica's I must either hand feed or place in his cage where he can see it and he will chase it.

 

[wst0209a]

My female will only eat stuff I put on the screen outside of the container. The male seems to do some things like superworms in the container, but other then that I have to put them on a branch and watch until he eats to make sure it doesn't escape. He is also really scared when I open the cage door. Is there a way to get him to calm down a little and not be so timid? He will be on a branch facing me and then I come up next to the cage and he will go 180 degrees around the branch to hide from me. This makes it a little more difficult when I try to hand feed him. Is there anything that I could do to make him not so scared?