How old is your panther? Mine is 7 months and eats much more but hes still growing so fast! At what age do you sugest restricting there food or will he just eat less? Hes already somtimes having a big food day then hardly anything the next but not consistently and sotimes leaves food I give him...
7 months panther
My panther Ambilobe/nosy be Diesel is 'about' 7 months and at last weighing he was 70g he puts on about 2g a week 1cm in lenth (nose to tip of tail) though its alternate weeks so this week he looks a little skinny he'll probably be the same weight but longer and next week he'll...
My 7 months old panther Diesel I hadn't never seen drinking for months latly I changed his enclosure and put the fogger on top of the mesh blowing down, one morning I noticed that he licks the drips from the mesh after about a week I realised he dose this every morning! yesterday I went and got...
temperature. ..
Im so confused how do you make sure they won't burn? Im having real trouble with my temps for my 7m male panther atm on hot days its too hot and cold days its too cold I have an 80w and a 60w and have to keep changing them depending on the weather but then its too cool to warm...
digger ;)
My panther has done this 3 times now once he was trying to reach a vine he could see next to the viv (well I think thats why) and the other two im not really sure one might of been too hot the other no apparent reason?? Just curious I think he also sometimes chews on twigs or earth or...
better safe than sorry
Hmmm thanks but after reading that I think ill stick to shop brought, as for the snail my little guy just shot one while it was asleep in its shell once while out in the garden, and crunched it up?? Im not worrying about if he dose eat anything while out but not sure ill...
air flow & mushrooms
It has been really hot in the uk lately and to try and cool things down a bit I used a aquarium air flow pump, poked some hols inthe tube and just put in on the floor of my tank very little cool air comes hrom the holes but hopfully get things a little coler and fresher...
im in England
I get my silkworms from online silkwormstore just got a few from a pet shop they were really expensive and are tiny! I have 4 cocooned hoping to bread my own :) you can't get hornworms in uk.
I have a massive garden thats all natural but im worried about feeding him wild bugs...
how many is enough variety?
I given mostly silks lately but just in between the right sise for him then locusts mostly have (some crx but i hate how they bite! not getting them again) mealworms wax worms as treets, oh and any bluebottle I can catch in my house. Is that enough variety I gess...
Mushrooms
suddenly I have loads of mushrooms they grow so fast im palling them out every day but they just come back how can I stop this without using anything that will halm my boy he somtimes eats a little dirt or moss at the bottom and I don't want to poison him but k dont want the mushrooms...
just keep an eye
My panther dose this he very slightly wiggles his feet while standing on two legs vet said he was fine good balence and a strong grip (when he wants) nothing to worry about just somthing he dose...? They also sometimes reach for things that aren't there when they are looking...
mine loves rope
My panther loves the rope I have in his tank its nice and thick so easy to hold it doesn't move much not that he minds when it dose as in the wild branches more all the time. Just cable straped in to the mesh then raped vine plants along for a little cover :)
1/2 bottle :)
cut a drinking bottle in half then cut zigzags in the open end, put the zigzagz on the glass bottom so the bottle top and cap is in a corner then fill the bottom of viv with clay balls, a layer of sacking on top to keep the dirt from running into the balls, then a mix of reptile...
vitamin A
My vet said to gutload with yellow and orange foods for vit A, orange, bannan, squash, mangos... you get the idear ;) he looks pretty sad but very cool hope he perks up for you Xx
finally people that think its a good idear!
I have a living vivarium all glass I put the subtrate in I put a layer of clay balls and a water bottle cut in half to access the bottom for draining this still got pretty wet so I scooped out the compost and mixed with sand then put moss on top it is...