ashleyelsha
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Alright, before I ask my question, here is the background so that my question doesn't get answered with more questions... (although if more info is required I will be happy to answer)
so toothless is around 3-4 months old, we've had him for about 3 weeks now and he is doing great. He stopped eating for around 3 days when he was molting, other than that he eats 2-3 times a day. His staple is phoenix worms and I will be ordering some reptiworms to try as well. In the beginning I fed crickets, what a pain they were, although I still supplement with them occasionally when I can find crickets small enough. I did supplement his feeding with some mealworms the second week I had him. He didn't have any problems with the mealworms and I only fed 5-10 a day in addition to his daily phoenix worms but I am going to avoid them in the future.
Alright I also set a salad in his cage every morning. This week I have a mixture of collarad greens and escarole. Last week it was kale and collard greens and the week before it was kale and escarole. I top it with finely chopped up vegetables, I've used summer squash, zucchini, finely grated carrots, and bell pepper. I know too much carrot can be bad because of the high amount of vitamin A so I grate it and only sprinkle a little on top to brighten it up. However the only time I have seen him eat any salad is by accident when I put mealworms on the salad. If I try to put phoenix worms on the salad they bury themselves in it and he doesn't see them... crickets jump away, so the week when I fed mealworms was the only time he actually ate veggies. Oh and he did eat some veggies one day while I was at work and I forgot to give him any worms before I left for work, so all he had was salad out all day and my husband said he saw him eating it.
So sorry to be long winded, but my question is should I start trying to force him to eat salad by not feeding worms/crickets until later in the day???? Or maybe just do this 2-3 days a week where I leave salad out and don't feed any live food until the evening? I was reading one website that suggested around 6 months old to start skipping feeding live food for a day a week and only leaving greens out to try to get them hungry enough to eat the greens, but I want to make sure that this is alright.
**** reptisun 10 UVB strip light, basking light keeps basking area around 105 (103-108) during the day with infrared thermometer. cool side reads in the 80's, (usually readings from 83-88). My house is usually 76 at night. I take him out 3-4 days a week in the sunshine whenever I am outside with the kids. The kids and I handle him on a daily basis and I handle him every time I feed him live food as well. I also hand feed him when he will accept food from my fingers, but he won't take any fruits or veggies from my fingers, only worms.
so toothless is around 3-4 months old, we've had him for about 3 weeks now and he is doing great. He stopped eating for around 3 days when he was molting, other than that he eats 2-3 times a day. His staple is phoenix worms and I will be ordering some reptiworms to try as well. In the beginning I fed crickets, what a pain they were, although I still supplement with them occasionally when I can find crickets small enough. I did supplement his feeding with some mealworms the second week I had him. He didn't have any problems with the mealworms and I only fed 5-10 a day in addition to his daily phoenix worms but I am going to avoid them in the future.
Alright I also set a salad in his cage every morning. This week I have a mixture of collarad greens and escarole. Last week it was kale and collard greens and the week before it was kale and escarole. I top it with finely chopped up vegetables, I've used summer squash, zucchini, finely grated carrots, and bell pepper. I know too much carrot can be bad because of the high amount of vitamin A so I grate it and only sprinkle a little on top to brighten it up. However the only time I have seen him eat any salad is by accident when I put mealworms on the salad. If I try to put phoenix worms on the salad they bury themselves in it and he doesn't see them... crickets jump away, so the week when I fed mealworms was the only time he actually ate veggies. Oh and he did eat some veggies one day while I was at work and I forgot to give him any worms before I left for work, so all he had was salad out all day and my husband said he saw him eating it.
So sorry to be long winded, but my question is should I start trying to force him to eat salad by not feeding worms/crickets until later in the day???? Or maybe just do this 2-3 days a week where I leave salad out and don't feed any live food until the evening? I was reading one website that suggested around 6 months old to start skipping feeding live food for a day a week and only leaving greens out to try to get them hungry enough to eat the greens, but I want to make sure that this is alright.
**** reptisun 10 UVB strip light, basking light keeps basking area around 105 (103-108) during the day with infrared thermometer. cool side reads in the 80's, (usually readings from 83-88). My house is usually 76 at night. I take him out 3-4 days a week in the sunshine whenever I am outside with the kids. The kids and I handle him on a daily basis and I handle him every time I feed him live food as well. I also hand feed him when he will accept food from my fingers, but he won't take any fruits or veggies from my fingers, only worms.
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