Hello everyone! My first post here as a member!
I purchased Jamie as a hatchling and she is now about 5 months old. I have always read "Feed them as much as they'll eat with in 15 minutes" when I did all my research pre-purchase. Well, Jamie is a fatty, and eats A TON. She can eat as much as 3 dozen large crickets a week PLUS 8-12 meal worms a day. Her meal worms are placed in a dish with her Repti Calcium w/out D3. I don't have a scale (yet!) but I am pretty sure she's too big.
Keep in mind she is laying down, not standing.
http://flickr.com/gp/68355600@N05/717463
Anyway, I was curious, how much *should* she be getting? I was thinking of cutting her down to feedings only every other day of 6-8 crickets and rotating out with meal worms. That will cut her food consumption by a good 1/2.
Otherwise she is perfectly healthy (from what I can tell anyway!) She has a WONDERFUL temperament and disposition. I can put my hand on the floor of her tank and she willingly crawls into it, she's so tame! It's kinda spooky.
Thanks guys!
-Alana
I purchased Jamie as a hatchling and she is now about 5 months old. I have always read "Feed them as much as they'll eat with in 15 minutes" when I did all my research pre-purchase. Well, Jamie is a fatty, and eats A TON. She can eat as much as 3 dozen large crickets a week PLUS 8-12 meal worms a day. Her meal worms are placed in a dish with her Repti Calcium w/out D3. I don't have a scale (yet!) but I am pretty sure she's too big.
Keep in mind she is laying down, not standing.
http://flickr.com/gp/68355600@N05/717463
Anyway, I was curious, how much *should* she be getting? I was thinking of cutting her down to feedings only every other day of 6-8 crickets and rotating out with meal worms. That will cut her food consumption by a good 1/2.
Otherwise she is perfectly healthy (from what I can tell anyway!) She has a WONDERFUL temperament and disposition. I can put my hand on the floor of her tank and she willingly crawls into it, she's so tame! It's kinda spooky.
Thanks guys!
-Alana