reereejugs
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Giving her superworms was a HUGE mistake on my part. At the time, she was still young enough to need bugs every day. The local pet shop was all out of crickets because some guy came in that morning and snatched them all up; they said they wouldn't have another shipment in for about 4 days. I ran out of Dubias and my incoming shipment somehow got delayed by over a week. Yes, I did attempt to grow my own colony for, idk, at least 6 months. Failed miserably despite keeping it heated and all that. I read up dubia colonies over and over from numerous sources but it still didn't work out for me. Might have something to do with keeping my apartment at 66° year round. The temp gun was showing accurate temps in their container & I had it set up like the majority of sources said to; idk, maybe I'm just an ***** lol. So, anyway, please don't suggest starting a dubia colony.
She's refused every single insect I've tried that isn't a superworm ever since that fateful day ?. Little Miss Stubborn Ass just turns her nose up at everything else. She's also not wanting to eat her salads. Sometimes we'll catch a glimpse of her taking a bite or two out of her bowl but if she knows we're looking at her, the brat literally closes her eyes and pretends they're not there. She's not being fed the same salad every day so I doubt it's boredom; I've spent a few years researching staple foods and, in the process, learned they get burned out on foods just like humans do. Too bad she hasn't burned out on the supers. Instead, she's gotten more demanding and tries to pull that thing cats do--acting like she hasn't been fed in months every time someone walks into the room lol. She knows they're kept on a shelf to the immediate right of her enclosure even though she can't see them (Zen Habitat). She'll haul her butt over to that wall, stare at it, cock her head and stare at whoever's attention she catches, back to the wall, back to the human, and so forth. Weirdo. I had to stick a Post-It note on her door saying it's all a con and she doesn't need more worms.
How do I fix this? She needs to be eating a healthier staple insect like dubias or phoenix worms and she needs to be eating a lot more veggies but how do I make that happen? Since her first birthday a couple months ago, I've tried taking the supers away for a couple days and only offering dubias, phoenix worms, and even crickets, protein-wise. They've always remained untouched. Her salad intake didn't increase on those days, either. How long can beardies go without food? Should I try starving her out until she cracks and accepts an alternate insect and more veggies or is there a better option? I'm seriously at a loss here; my kids weren't even this picky as toddlers!! Help!!! I wouldn't necessarily mind the superworms but I don't want her getting fat and I'm worried about digestion; she hasn't been pooping nearly as much since the superworm screwup despite her lighting and heating being up to par.
**Almost forgot. She does get excited about hornworms but they're fairly expensive everywhere I've seen them and I'm not sure how ok they are as a staple food. Are they considered healthy as a staple or no? If so, does anyone have a source for buying them at a reasonable price? Not cricket or superworm reasonable because I don't see that happening; more in the dubia range or less.
She's refused every single insect I've tried that isn't a superworm ever since that fateful day ?. Little Miss Stubborn Ass just turns her nose up at everything else. She's also not wanting to eat her salads. Sometimes we'll catch a glimpse of her taking a bite or two out of her bowl but if she knows we're looking at her, the brat literally closes her eyes and pretends they're not there. She's not being fed the same salad every day so I doubt it's boredom; I've spent a few years researching staple foods and, in the process, learned they get burned out on foods just like humans do. Too bad she hasn't burned out on the supers. Instead, she's gotten more demanding and tries to pull that thing cats do--acting like she hasn't been fed in months every time someone walks into the room lol. She knows they're kept on a shelf to the immediate right of her enclosure even though she can't see them (Zen Habitat). She'll haul her butt over to that wall, stare at it, cock her head and stare at whoever's attention she catches, back to the wall, back to the human, and so forth. Weirdo. I had to stick a Post-It note on her door saying it's all a con and she doesn't need more worms.
How do I fix this? She needs to be eating a healthier staple insect like dubias or phoenix worms and she needs to be eating a lot more veggies but how do I make that happen? Since her first birthday a couple months ago, I've tried taking the supers away for a couple days and only offering dubias, phoenix worms, and even crickets, protein-wise. They've always remained untouched. Her salad intake didn't increase on those days, either. How long can beardies go without food? Should I try starving her out until she cracks and accepts an alternate insect and more veggies or is there a better option? I'm seriously at a loss here; my kids weren't even this picky as toddlers!! Help!!! I wouldn't necessarily mind the superworms but I don't want her getting fat and I'm worried about digestion; she hasn't been pooping nearly as much since the superworm screwup despite her lighting and heating being up to par.
**Almost forgot. She does get excited about hornworms but they're fairly expensive everywhere I've seen them and I'm not sure how ok they are as a staple food. Are they considered healthy as a staple or no? If so, does anyone have a source for buying them at a reasonable price? Not cricket or superworm reasonable because I don't see that happening; more in the dubia range or less.