MissCutiePatootie
Hatchling Member
Hey guys!!!
Little over a month ago, I blessed myself with a beautiful super citrus, partial trans - 66% het hypo baby boy!
He was born on October 15, 2014. And he's starting to eat like a little piggy now! Which makes me happy! But not my wallet after the holidays! Lol.
This is him last week!
He's about 9 1/2 inches long in that picture and 31 grams. I actually need to measure him again today to see how much he's grown...
I need some cost effective tips for feeding him. He eats 2-3 meals a day and I'm all about providing variety! So far I have bought him...
500 small crickets - Only probably fed off half of them to him before they died. If that. I was constantly cleaning out the bin it felt like too.
500 small dubias - Really love dubias! But he's eating 50+ dubia a day now! Too expensive to not add variety to the mix!
100-150 medium BSFL - I really love these as well! He's a little picky about them. Tries to avoid eating the black ones but I always offer those first. A little more extra work for me as I have to rinse them off before I feed them to him every time or he won't touch them. Most of the time he will only eat roughly 10 of them before losing interest.
50ish waxworms - He loves these of course but I only give him one or two when I hold him as he does seem to have a little bit of an attitude and I'm trying to build up trust..
300ish small superworms - He likes these about as much as he likes the crickets and dubias. He eats more of the dubias/crickets than superworms though and he poops 1-3 times a day. Food seems to be moving through him constantly lol.
I hate the smell of crickets and they die off faster than I could feed them to him. But because of the money issue, I'm considering buying him another 500 crickets. I also just purchased 10 adult female dubias and 3 adult males. I'm hoping to build up my dubia colony slowly without breaking my bank! Which is another reason I want to go with crickets again so I can slow down on how much I'm feeding out of the dubia colony. I'm hoping to just keep adding to the colony every month or so until they start breeding and producing enough young for me to not have to anymore. I'm new to this though so any tips or pointers for the dubia project would be greatly appreciated!
Also, if anyone knows of some good feeder suppliers, please link them to me! I've been looking around a LOT trying to find the best bang for my buck! And if you have any suggestions about what I can do as far as his diet goes, lmk. I just wanna add that he does get a fresh salad daily and yes, he eats it on top of all the insects. Bottomless pit this one is!
Almost forgot, does anyone have any good roach chow recipes? I kind of made my own based on what I had in my cupboards and fridge. Lol I want them to eat all of what I offer them with minimal waste and gutload them with something very nutritious for my little growing one!
Little over a month ago, I blessed myself with a beautiful super citrus, partial trans - 66% het hypo baby boy!
He was born on October 15, 2014. And he's starting to eat like a little piggy now! Which makes me happy! But not my wallet after the holidays! Lol.
This is him last week!
He's about 9 1/2 inches long in that picture and 31 grams. I actually need to measure him again today to see how much he's grown...
I need some cost effective tips for feeding him. He eats 2-3 meals a day and I'm all about providing variety! So far I have bought him...
500 small crickets - Only probably fed off half of them to him before they died. If that. I was constantly cleaning out the bin it felt like too.
500 small dubias - Really love dubias! But he's eating 50+ dubia a day now! Too expensive to not add variety to the mix!
100-150 medium BSFL - I really love these as well! He's a little picky about them. Tries to avoid eating the black ones but I always offer those first. A little more extra work for me as I have to rinse them off before I feed them to him every time or he won't touch them. Most of the time he will only eat roughly 10 of them before losing interest.
50ish waxworms - He loves these of course but I only give him one or two when I hold him as he does seem to have a little bit of an attitude and I'm trying to build up trust..
300ish small superworms - He likes these about as much as he likes the crickets and dubias. He eats more of the dubias/crickets than superworms though and he poops 1-3 times a day. Food seems to be moving through him constantly lol.
I hate the smell of crickets and they die off faster than I could feed them to him. But because of the money issue, I'm considering buying him another 500 crickets. I also just purchased 10 adult female dubias and 3 adult males. I'm hoping to build up my dubia colony slowly without breaking my bank! Which is another reason I want to go with crickets again so I can slow down on how much I'm feeding out of the dubia colony. I'm hoping to just keep adding to the colony every month or so until they start breeding and producing enough young for me to not have to anymore. I'm new to this though so any tips or pointers for the dubia project would be greatly appreciated!
Also, if anyone knows of some good feeder suppliers, please link them to me! I've been looking around a LOT trying to find the best bang for my buck! And if you have any suggestions about what I can do as far as his diet goes, lmk. I just wanna add that he does get a fresh salad daily and yes, he eats it on top of all the insects. Bottomless pit this one is!
Almost forgot, does anyone have any good roach chow recipes? I kind of made my own based on what I had in my cupboards and fridge. Lol I want them to eat all of what I offer them with minimal waste and gutload them with something very nutritious for my little growing one!