sheri85
Juvie Member
Archer is only about 8 inches long, and in the last few days he's really been eating his small crickets. (i've been counting).
so this week we had an issue with lighting. he didn't eat at all on monday. Tuesday i replaced the coil light with the tube uvb. he ate 4 crickets. wednesday he ate 11. Thursday: 28, Friday: 48, today: 64. (note: i feed him twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. these totals include all crickets eaten at both meal times).
i let him eat as much as he wants in the 10 minutes or so, and i stop dropping crickets in when he's done eating, but is this increase in appetite normal? i read that many dragons his size will eat 20-30 crickets per day, but he's now eating twice that. he's alert, and after basking for an hour he dances at his glass for me to take him out. he ran around earlier today, so maybe he's just growing. i just don't want to over feed him, if that's possible.
so this week we had an issue with lighting. he didn't eat at all on monday. Tuesday i replaced the coil light with the tube uvb. he ate 4 crickets. wednesday he ate 11. Thursday: 28, Friday: 48, today: 64. (note: i feed him twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. these totals include all crickets eaten at both meal times).
i let him eat as much as he wants in the 10 minutes or so, and i stop dropping crickets in when he's done eating, but is this increase in appetite normal? i read that many dragons his size will eat 20-30 crickets per day, but he's now eating twice that. he's alert, and after basking for an hour he dances at his glass for me to take him out. he ran around earlier today, so maybe he's just growing. i just don't want to over feed him, if that's possible.