When to switch to feeding once a day

[KLB85]

My guy is 5.5 months old and not a big fan of salads. Right now his lights come on at 9am and I feed him bugs at 10am. I then offer a salad in early afternoon and leave it in there until a bug dinner, which is at 6:30pm. His lights then go off at 9pm. He will pick at his salad, a bite or two, every once in a while, but so far he's not eating salad much. I'm hoping this will change soon! But I'm wondering at what point you should switch them to eating a meal once a day? I know adults eat about once a day, but I know my guy is still growing, so I'm assuming I shouldn't cut him back yet. Any suggestions on when and how I should do this?

 

[VenusAndSaturn]

For a general feeding according to age i usually do this
1-4 months 3 times a day 10-20 bugs every feeding, 4-12 months 2 times a day with 10-20 bugs every feeding, 12-20 months once a day 10-20 bugs every feeding, and then 20+ months is every other day or 2-3 times a week 10-20 bugs every feeding.
At this age i wouldnt worry about if hes eating a lot of salads or not, though still offer it.

 

[KLB85]

That is so helpful thank you so much! I'm also relieved that you said I don't have to worry too much about him not being that interested in salads yet, because it's been stressing me out lol! I will definitely keep offering it to him daily though! One question though, I've just fed him unitl he refuses more food because I thought he needs the protein to grow. Sometimes he eats more than your recommendation per feeding and sometimes within your numbers. Is that ok?

 

[KLB85]

Also when you put them down to one feeding a day, would you typically feed them in the morning or later? When I get him down to 1 bug feeding per day, I could still offer him salads at a different time of the day to curb his hunger right?

 

[VenusAndSaturn]

Thats entirely fine to feed him more than that or right around there, half the time i just throw a random amount of crickets into my juveniles tank in the morning. Thats just usually the average amount in my opinion.

Personally i feed my adults around 3 or 4 and since im home schooled sometimes around 12 pm. As for the salads just offer it when you want, some days i offer it in the morning and others in the afternoon.

 

[KLB85]

Great thanks so much!