Weighing

Tinydino said:
Yikes. 😬😬😬😬🤢
I've been feeding the little suckers everyday to grow them up.
I pick out the biggest ones that are starting to turn dark.
I hand feed them to her anout an hour after lights on. (8am)
The crickets she gets at 10am when I get back from barn chores. By noon she has started prowling her cage in hunt mode. Lol. Im not sure she likes the new diet much.
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Ohhhh none of them like their diets... But I will tell you it is much easier to feed correctly and reduce amounts to have a healthy cham then to try to get one to drop grams and have them on a strict diet. Finding the line is hard...
 
Beman said:
Ohhhh none of them like their diets... But I will tell you it is much easier to feed correctly and reduce amounts to have a healthy cham then to try to get one to drop grams and have them on a strict diet. Finding the line is hard...
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Im cool with her being on a diet.
My last trip for feeders (2 weeks ago)
Came to $46!
250 crickets
50 super worms
I container of bsfl (who knows how many. But there were alot)
4 silks
2 hornworms.

Now I do share some of my bulk crickets and supers with a friend.

I look forward to when she doesnt need to eat so much.
She is the single most expensive animal I have to feed. She cost nearly the same to feed as my 2 horses for 2 weeks. 2 of them!! 😅🤣
 
Tinydino said:
Im cool with her being on a diet.
My last trip for feeders (2 weeks ago)
Came to $46!
250 crickets
50 super worms
I container of bsfl (who knows how many. But there were alot)
4 silks
2 hornworms.

Now I do share some of my bulk crickets and supers with a friend.

I look forward to when she doesnt need to eat so much.
She is the single most expensive animal I have to feed. She cost nearly the same to feed as my 2 horses for 2 weeks. 2 of them!! 😅🤣
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Yeah no one ever says how expensive it can be to buy feeders... Especially when your doing it right and getting many different kinds to give variety. I have found a few great places to buy from that gets the expense down. But even then I probably spend about $60 every 4-5 weeks on feeders. Granted about $20 of that is shipping costs.
 
Beman said:
Yeah no one ever says how expensive it can be to buy feeders... Especially when your doing it right and getting many different kinds to give variety. I have found a few great places to buy from that gets the expense down. But even then I probably spend about $60 every 4-5 weeks on feeders. Granted about $20 of that is shipping costs.
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I found a store about and hour and a half away that sells bulk for much cheaper than I can get locally.
Since I head to the city every couple weeks. I've been buying there.
I cant get the silks in bulk though. I pay $0.70/each.
My sister actually entered a draw and won me a container of bsfl. So i get $14 off my total tomorrow when I go.
As long as no one tells the Husband how much I spend to feed my girl, I'll be good until she's on her big girl diet. Lol
 
janjan20 said:
I have seen @kinyonga say that having lower temps for females helps curb their appetite. I have not notice my girl being ravenous yet lol.
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I dropped her basking temp to 82° when i joined the forum and it was explained to me.
I am waiting on a new dome to come in the mail so I can hang the light and get it down to the reccomended 80°f. Right now my current dome is lifted with a couple of rocks.
 
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