Won't eat crickets??

[edevildude]

Well, up untill like a week ago my beardie went from eating like 15-30 a day to what looks like maybe 5-10 a day, He gets fed twice a day usually around 8:30am (i have wrk) and again around 3-5pm lights are on at 8 and off at 8, usually i'll put in a dozen give or take circkets in his viv each time along with a fresh salad. Well latly i've been noticing that when i go to take out the crickets before bed time there are a TON of them in there, it looks as if he barly has eaten anything, his salad is always mostly gone (He will not eat anything but collards and other DARK greens :roll: tryed everything lol) And the girlfriend is not having the Cockroach thing appening in the house. I picked up some mealworms just to try it but he is just uninterested, he's starting to look a little skinny, and for some reason is ALWAYS wanted to goto sleep, wether it's crawling to the highest point on the cool side of the tank or sole goal when out for play time is finding somewhere to sleep. He's 5 months old now in a 20 long and temps r 100-110 and 74-80 humi. 20-30% 10.0UVB and it's completly dark from 8pm till sunup So both situations have me worried any advice?

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

try superworms. that ussually ends a hunger strike here.

 

[Goonie]

[Moved from Feeding to Health]

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Where are you located? Has the temps dropped lately? Could he possibly be semi-brumating?
Have you had a fecal done lately?

 

[fresnowitte]

Beardies can become annoyed and agravated by the pesky biting crickets to the point that they don't like them anymore. I agree switch up on your live feeders for awhile and see if that doesn't help. :wink:

Curious what UVB bulb are you using?

 

[edevildude]

its a 10.0 strip reptisun, and i tryed meal worms and he didn't like then very much acctually bit one, shook his head and spat it out lol was kinda funny to see his face though lol and i was always under the assumption that feeding a young beardie supers was a bad thing?

 

[fresnowitte]

You are correct feeding adult supers to a beardie under say 15" is not advised, but there are many other feeders to try. :wink:

 

[edevildude]

I want to try dubia roaches but the family and girlfriend say they wont alow them in there house, but if he keeps this eating habbit up i might just get em anyways, and what else is there as far as feeders that arnt too fatty?