ScooterRenee2022
Hatchling Member
I am having a real hard time with my buddy overeating. i Got Rex in October. The pet store did not know how old he was but I have read a lot of the posts and the typically say they are about 3 months when you purchase them. He was quite larger than the other ones in enclosure and there were 4 in a 20 gallon tank. So I am guessing that he is about 6 months. I am really having a hard time with him overeating it’s been happening since I got him. It almost seemed like they weren’t feeding them enough while he was there. Every morning he gets fed. I alternate mealworms, crickets and waxworms. He loves crickets but he also loves his waxworms. The pet store told me that they would alternate crickets and mealworms. So that is what I do and he loves it. I also give him a treat before his morning meal which I do 1 hornworm. once in a while I do it with one or two dubias. It is funny because he will even do things for his hornworms. I have him trained to come down a ramp or jump up on his tree. He loves his hornworms. But if I tried to give him his typical morning meal I have to monitor what I give him or he will overeat. I have tried to let him eat for 10 to 15 minutes and he will eat so fast that he makes himself sick. If I let him eat for 10 to 15 minutes he will eat over almost 30 large crickets in one feeding even with the hornworm or the dubia. This makes him not want his veggies at all. He has been doing this since I got him. Now his poop is great. It’s the right color and consistency. I started monitoring what he ate about a week or two after I got him. It was the only way to get him to eat his veggies. I’m still doing this with obviously increases what he eats because he grows, but is this normal? Am I going to have to do this for the rest of his life?