This could be result of being in a confined space. Parson's need space and can shoot their tongues fairly far. If not able to fully extend it while feeding, due to small confines that muscle could degrades and use of it stop.
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With cooler fall temps mine take a little longer to hatch. About 48 hours to hatch, when I keep them warm. If you keep the pupae too hot, it will kill them and you'll have a low hatch rate and fly die off. So keep them in the room temp to 80 degree range.
I wrap my big outdoor cages in heavy plastic during the winter months. And make them into more of a greenhouse to keep night time temps up above freezing. Also living not too far from the beach helps to make temp extremes a little more moderate. Not too cold in winter, not too hot in the summer.
This might make it easier for people in the United States to wrap their heads around this whole thing. Think of Africa to Europe as our Mexico/Central America is to North America. Many things come into our country from south of the border. As do many items from the African continent, find...
He looks okay to me. Is he hungry all the time? I have a couple males that look longer and skinnier than others. And I think you will see over time, they will fill out once their growth rate slows down.
I'm not familar with the flexarium, but make sure the material/netting is cricket proof. Crickets can chew through some plastics. I had this problem years ago with the Reptarium brand.