feeding in a fireX enclosure....help please.....

[duckyLBT]

hi,
We just build a firecross enclosure and i have been trying to get my beardie to eat pheonix worms but he wants no intrest in them....suprise suprise ...spend $60 on 3oo, crazy hey :evil: ...(the reason why i switched him was cause he hasent been eating anything latley and so i thought i woould try pheonix worms over crickets) and its been a couple weeks trying to get him to eat let alone change feeders,so i though hey lets try and see if he will atleast eat crickets again and he ate 5..so thats better then nothing( he is only 6 months)....but my problum is i dont have time to pick out the crickets at the end of the night and im going away next week and my dad is going to be feeding dexter and the last thing he is going to want to do is pick them out after i had to bag him to feed him while im gone, so i was wondering what other ppl do???? i seen on youtube someone used a custerd cup..tryed that, no luck (keeps the cickets in though) but any other ideas? i was thinking maybe one of those clear long glass baking pans (like the ones you would cook brownies in or a cake.....what do you think?

any responce would be awsome!!!

 

[zebraflavencs]

Might I suggest Dubia roaches ? They are slow, don't jump, don't climb, great protein, No Chirping, no smell.
Sold on em yet ? I would advise to get as many as you can afford and set up a colony. Warmth around 90*, water crystals, roach or crix chow, and half of an orange, within 3-4 months you will have more than enough for life. Did I also mention beardies LOVE roaches ?
Talk to Jason (TheRoachGuy.com) He can get you some great deals.
Janie.

 

[Elora]

you spend 60 dollars on only 300 PWs??? Thats pretty expensive. If you go to http://www.phoenixworm.com/servlet/StoreFront you can get 400 for like 25$

 

[Elora]

you could try other worms. http://www.mulberryfarms.com has alot of different kind of live feeders

 

[duckyLBT]

yah i live in canada so i cant order from pheonixworms.com they re-diret me to a site in alberta and its $10 for 100 then shipping is another $21.00...so yeh it added up. And im not sure anywhere in canada you can get roaches, and im not to sure could really handle them, im a wimp when it comes to my feeders haha thank god for tweezers haha

 

[MNbeardie]

the reason why i switched him was cause he hasent been eating anything latley

Are you sure he's not impacted???

 

[MNbeardie]

the reason why i switched him was cause he hasent been eating anything latley

Are you sure he's not impacted??? Bowel movements?

 

[duckyLBT]

yeah i think he was acctully, i was feeding him meal worms cause he wasent eating anything else but i was only feeding him like 5 a day and then wax worms...then he went to eating nothing....then he finally pooped and now he has been eating like a pig again and he looks bigger even in just a week so im thinking that could have been helping the cause but i dont think it as too bad, i gave him baby food and a product called "stimulap" its like a jumpstart and wow what a change ..... he is doing awsome now and i found a idea from a diffrent form to feed his crickets in a planter drainer ( the round clear plastic things you put under plants when they drain there water) works awsome, and no crickets running around...