crickets are a no go

[LitldevlblueBar]

So Cletus used to gobble up crickets now hes only going for horn worms and super worms and silks....... wtf..... i have a crap load of crickets that are gut loaded and he just looks at them.......... damn you cletus eat those crickets !!!!!!!!!!

Any helpful hints..... I was thinking about putting BBQ sauce on them maybe that will get him going again ! lol

 

[camimom]

thats because you spoiled him.

It's like a kid wth dessert.. why eat dinner when you know you get dessert first?

dont offer any other bugs to him for a few days.only offer crickets, or let himgo a few days with no food,t hen offer only crickets.

it should get him back on them.

 

[Seiryu]

Have you tried going a few days without food and then trying crickets? This sometimes works.

I had a bearded dragon once who would eat dubia/crickets and then I tried supers when she got big enough. She NEVER ate dubia/crickets again. Only worms like silks, horns and supers. Hopefully this doesn't happen to you!

 

[LitldevlblueBar]

haha damn the spoiled cham he was eating crickets all the time with super and silks and horns i had to give him the silk and horns before they died..... i didnt have enuff food for the silks and i didnt wanna waste my money on them. but ill let him sit on the crickets for a little bit and see how he does. but he needs to eat because hes on baytril for URI. his next dose is at 6pm.....

 

[Seiryu]

You may need to wait until his treatment is over then to try to make him eat crickets again. Hope he is getting better!

 

[Decadancin]

Glad to hear you have a spoiled cham!!! Cletus is playin' you . After a little while you can stop feeding him all those goodies and hope he goes for the crickets soon before you have even more .

 

[djfishygillz]

In my experience when i have a hunger strikers for a certain staple feeder I will up the temperature so they will be hungrier for whatever is offered. It is just an alternative to not feeding for a few days.