Refusing bugs

Status
Not open for further replies.

Papercraft

Member
Lately Feanor's been refusing roaches, no matter what way we've presented them and we're not, really sure what to do about it. They'll still eat greens and butternut squash fine, either from the bowl or just our finger but roaches they just have not wanted nor seemed interested in whatsoever.

We've been treating them for Coccidia, which was detected on the 11th before any, external symptoms showed but we don't know if this, duality is usual and we're still not sure what to do since Feanor's a baby and they definitely need the nutrition.

They just mostly finished shedding - if theres still parts left to shed we can't see them, and lately we've also been noticing once or twice we've returned to the room to find them with much darker coloration then usual and unwilling to move much - returning to normal within an hour.
 

AHBD

BD.org Sicko
It might be because she's shedding. How many roaches was she eating before ? When was the last time she ate any roaches ? Can you post pics of her + the size of the roaches and also pics of her entire set up ?
 

Papercraft

Member
Original Poster
I'll need to take the pictures of the setup and the roaches tomorrow since it's time for Feanor to sleep but in the meantime here's two recent pictures of them, and I'll try and describe:
https://imgur.com/a/GV3WT

Roaches: The roaches are labelled 1/4 of an inch and are the same or smaller than the space between their eyes.
Vivarium: The temperature is between 107-91 in the basking spot checked today, around 88 on the hot side, and 76 on the cold. The UVB is closer to the back of the viv and 8" is the closest Feanor can get to it - the guide on the package saying it shouldn't be closer than 6.
The salad is on the cool end, the water in the center, and there is one basking spot and several hides. The substrate is slate tile and the size is 48×24x12 (L×W×H), so the basking light is raised so Feanor doesnt get too close.
Shedding: It seems mostly done, if not completely - we've seen everything shed that was preparing to as far as we can tell. Is there any way to tell outside of waiting and seeing?
 

kingofnobbys

BD.org Sicko
Show her who's the boss and assist feed the bugs to her ... at her age she need them 2 -3 times per day and lots of them every day.
 

kingofnobbys

BD.org Sicko
Papercraft":3nadja36 said:
I'll need to take the pictures of the setup and the roaches tomorrow since it's time for Feanor to sleep but in the meantime here's two recent pictures of them, and I'll try and describe:
https://imgur.com/a/GV3WT

Roaches: The roaches are labelled 1/4 of an inch and are the same or smaller than the space between their eyes.
Vivarium: The temperature is between 107-91 in the basking spot checked today, around 88 on the hot side, and 76 on the cold. The UVB is closer to the back of the viv and 8" is the closest Feanor can get to it - the guide on the package saying it shouldn't be closer than 6.

<<< remind me exactly what it is ?

The salad is on the cool end, the water in the center, and there is one basking spot and several hides. The substrate is slate tile and the size is 48×24x12 (L×W×H), so the basking light is raised so Feanor doesnt get too close.
Shedding: It seems mostly done, if not completely - we've seen everything shed that was preparing to as far as we can tell. Is there any way to tell outside of waiting and seeing?
 

Papercraft

Member
Original Poster
So we actually seem to have figured it out. Since they're new and we're already giving them daily medicine and, we didn't want to stress them out more than we had to. So we tried a few more ideas today first just to, see if we could figure something else out.

As it turns out Feanor will eat, and is still fairly keen on Dubias but they're just rather, picky a out how they're presented. It has to be in a clear creature carrier with all except one short side covered in opaque material - the basking lamp having to be transferred to this side.
The base has to have paper towel padding. And Feanor will only eat fast movong dubias who we've chased over to the basking light side for them - no matter how many are on the other. They won't eat any dubias dusted with multivitamin or calcium powder.

We guess for multivitamins and calcium we'll just, keep mixing with baby food and dripping it on their nose until we figure something else out. And for calcium we have calciworms coming soon at least. But right now we're just relieved Feanor's eating bugs again at all and seems keen on it in certain conditions.

Tldr - Feanor is a very picky eater, but is eating and it's a relief. Here's the pictures regardless though since we certainly want to know if anything's off.
https://imgur.com/a/CVA1a
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Members online

Latest resources

Latest posts

Latest profile posts

Go88 là một trong những nhà cái cá cược trực tuyến hàng đầu với danh tiếng vững chắc trong cộng đồng người chơi.
Website: https://https://appgo88.link/
Tag: #appgo88link #go88link #Game_Go88 #Game_bài_Go88 #Cổng_game_Go88 #Tài_xỉu_Go88 #Nạp_tiền_Go88 #Rút_tiền_Go88 #play_Go88
Website:
https://smartcity.bandung.go.id/member/bsc3090527795d
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!
is tape safe for fixing something in my leopard geckos hide?
Day 3 of brumation. It's a struggle. I really miss my little guy. 😔
Mirage entered brumation yesterday, I'm gonna miss hanging out with my little guy.

Forum statistics

Threads
156,220
Messages
1,259,119
Members
76,140
Latest member
Jesper
Top Bottom