jenn4turtles
Juvie Member
After many struggles and much misery dealing with crickets, I decided to switch to dubia roaches last November for Smauggie. I ordered them, started two bins (one for a colony and one for feeders), and she did eat them, although not as many as she did crickets, but that didn't worry me, because I figured that dubias were more "meaty" than the crickets. (Apparently, I haven't been doing too good at breeding at them, because I should have a ton of them by now, and I don't. I have a UTH, so they should pick up!)
Then she did a semi-brumation starting in mid-December, and her appetite has been off for months.
Finally, she seems back to normal ... Except that she isn't eating very many dubia. Sometimes none per day, sometimes 2 per day. One day she ate 5, and I was ...
Last Saturday, I picked her up a Hoppy Meal from the LPS, just to see if she would eat the crickets again. She ate the entire container of crickets, in one sitting. :shock:
I offer her dubia every morning. Today, I put them in the usual clear cup and held the cup so she could see what was in there ... She turned her head away. Clearly did NOT want them.
:?: Has anyone else experienced this? :?:
I really do NOT want to go back to crickets!
Then she did a semi-brumation starting in mid-December, and her appetite has been off for months.
Finally, she seems back to normal ... Except that she isn't eating very many dubia. Sometimes none per day, sometimes 2 per day. One day she ate 5, and I was ...
Last Saturday, I picked her up a Hoppy Meal from the LPS, just to see if she would eat the crickets again. She ate the entire container of crickets, in one sitting. :shock:
I offer her dubia every morning. Today, I put them in the usual clear cup and held the cup so she could see what was in there ... She turned her head away. Clearly did NOT want them.
:?: Has anyone else experienced this? :?:
I really do NOT want to go back to crickets!