Beardie Breakthrough!!

[raidiowires]

Ive been trying to get Hiccup on a regular feeding schedual, morning a lot, noon a little, night a snack then bedtime. Or course she always has pellets he likes and carrots in the tank to nibble on at her leisure.

BUT
the breakthrough is that she she used to be so skittish she was scared of my hand, and I was determined to hand feed my beardies because I'm scared of crickets getting in their tank. And we started a morning regimen, where I wake up and turn on her lights and she comes out to a specific corner of the tank and just stands there with her mouth open waiting for me to drop crickets in! Today she actually took one from my hand without being afraid!

Also, does anyone have any advice for feeding beardies without getting crickets in the tank? I tried a separate tank to feed her in but that scared her too much.

 

[esn]

Put them in a small baby food jar or water bottle. The crickets will come out slow enough for her to get them. I also tong feed. Crickets are hard buggers to grab by tongs, but it works. Also, you can make the crickets slower and easier for her to catch as they come out of the bottle by ripping off their back legs. It's a good thing to do for slower reptiles or ones that aren't such hardy eaters.

 

[raidiowires]

Put them in a small baby food jar or water bottle. The crickets will come out slow enough for her to get them. I also tong feed. Crickets are hard buggers to grab by tongs, but it works. Also, you can make the crickets slower and easier for her to catch as they come out of the bottle by ripping off their back legs. It's a good thing to do for slower reptiles or ones that aren't such hardy eaters.

Thank you! I just tried it out and it worked on my baby! Thank you so much!

 

[wolfysluv]

Someone here told me a cool trick. Stick your crickets in the freezer for just a minute or something. Just long enough that they can reanimate when you take them out and aren't dead.

 

[Colesdad]

Someone here told me a cool trick. Stick your crickets in the freezer for just a minute or something. Just long enough that they can reanimate when you take them out and aren't dead.

I do this too. Slash is Extremely lazy, if they're not within3inches of him he just stares and gives me the stink eye. I am such a slave!

 

[Drache613]

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