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mikeosoft
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Hello,
My oldest Leo is about 1.5 years old, although I have only had him for a couple of months. It's a male Co-Dominate Snow, he weighs over 80g and is very friendly. He has been eating very regularly since I got him home (even ate the first day). For housing he's alone in a 20L with UTH and an overhead heat lamp with a red bulb in it (only used during the cold months). His warm hide stays around 90F and his cold hide is usually in the 70s. The substrate is reptile carpet with paper towels. The paper towels are changed daily, I swap out the reptile carpet every few weeks.
I have been feeding crickets and mealworms, but recently started offering superworms as well (dusting with Repti-Cal and Repti-Vit). After two feedings with the superworms he seems to have stopped eating as much. I had been feeding him every other day (20-25 mealworms, 10-15 crickets, 5-6 supers) and he pretty much ate anything I would give him. He also shed about 8 days ago, no problems with the shedding.
It has only been 5 days since he ate a full meal. It seems like he will take a couple of meal worms every other day or so, but thats it. Should I be worried or do some Leo's go through periods where they eat less like this?
I also have a Tremper Albino (het RAPTOR) female that seems to refuse eating for 3-4 days after shedding. Is this normal?
Thank you,
Mike
My oldest Leo is about 1.5 years old, although I have only had him for a couple of months. It's a male Co-Dominate Snow, he weighs over 80g and is very friendly. He has been eating very regularly since I got him home (even ate the first day). For housing he's alone in a 20L with UTH and an overhead heat lamp with a red bulb in it (only used during the cold months). His warm hide stays around 90F and his cold hide is usually in the 70s. The substrate is reptile carpet with paper towels. The paper towels are changed daily, I swap out the reptile carpet every few weeks.
I have been feeding crickets and mealworms, but recently started offering superworms as well (dusting with Repti-Cal and Repti-Vit). After two feedings with the superworms he seems to have stopped eating as much. I had been feeding him every other day (20-25 mealworms, 10-15 crickets, 5-6 supers) and he pretty much ate anything I would give him. He also shed about 8 days ago, no problems with the shedding.
It has only been 5 days since he ate a full meal. It seems like he will take a couple of meal worms every other day or so, but thats it. Should I be worried or do some Leo's go through periods where they eat less like this?
I also have a Tremper Albino (het RAPTOR) female that seems to refuse eating for 3-4 days after shedding. Is this normal?
Thank you,
Mike
