GGGRRR she doesn't want crickets anymore

[Valerie]

Sizzle, my BD was eating all live food i gave her but after a few times with roaches she has decided crickets are not good anymore. She just sits there while they run around her. I only have a few dubias left of her size. I have a lot of baby dubias but I wanted them to get bigger before I fed them to her.
Any ideas? How long does it take dubias to grow from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch?
I plan to order some from someone this weekend but it is a long time until Wed when they will get here. I plan on ordering some repti worms to I hope she will eat them too.
Our other BD, Astro, will eat anything that moves and doesn't move. Looks like she will get the crickets.LOL
Valerie

 

[LizzyUK]

From what I can gather, it looks like it could take a couple of weeks (or less) for them to grow from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch but if it helps, the warmer they are kept, the speedier their growth will be. If that helps?.....

 

[Valerie]

More GRRRs LOl
I am going to pull the legs off a few crickets and them in her roach bowl and see if I can fool her. I am guessing she will catch on real quick. I just need to think of a way to get her to eat her protein until weds.
Valerie

 

[LizzyUK]

Aw poor crickets!!!.....well saying that we are putting them to their deaths for a lizards entertainment....and they're noisy little sods....poor crickets!!!

 

[Valerie]

She did not go for it. Crap! Maybe I can feed her the 1/4 roaches and hopefully find a good price on 1/2 roaches until my supply gets back up there. I hope she eats the reptiworms I just ordered for her.
Valerie

 

[LizzyUK]

lol aw noes! How old is your lizard and what size reptiworms did you get? Would they be 'too small' a food for a 2 yr old BD?
Lizzy

 

[Valerie]

She is about 18 weeks old and I ordered med reptiworms.

 

[LizzyUK]

Ok. Sorry, I'm a soon-to-be newbie dragon keeper and I'm trying to find the best and widest variety of bugs n stuff to feed him. Is Sizzle your only BD?

 

[Valerie]

No, I have Astro or rather I bought her for my grandson and she is about 2 mos. older. In seperate vivs of course.
Thank goodness Astro is not picky about her food so at least someone can eat the cricktets.

 

[keen77]

one of mine decided she doesn't like crickets anymore too. She still eats her Supers I just ordered some grubs from Grubco.com looking forward to trying them. Really good deal! 500 for only $12.00 shipped

 

[LizzyUK]

I just fed mine a cricket but he doesn't seem to be hopping after them as much as when I gave him a box of locusts.

 

[keen77]

wish we could get locust in the states, would like to try em

 

[LizzyUK]

You can't get locusts in the states?? Can you buy them in or is that against US shipping laws or something? They jump further than crickets but they're easier to catch if they escape lol my beardie loves them

 

[Valerie]

I have never heard of feeding BD grubs. I am assuming they are bred for this reason. Are they similar to the grubs you find in the ground?

 

[Valerie]

After looking at the site you mentioned I am guessing you are talking about mealworms,fly larva or etc. not grubs like I was thinking of.