Eating.....

[panther67]

Ok, I have a six month old panther that has decided to slow his eating way down. His poops are small but look exactly like they should. At what age should I start to feed every other day??

 

[carol5208]

I was told by a very respected, experienced member on here that after 6 months or so you can feed them every other day. I always thought it was when they were about a year old. At 6 months mine was eating like crazy! Now at nine he is barely eating it seems. Maybe it is just a phaze they are going through. Who knows?

 

[carol5208]

oh, one more thing, have you changed up the diet at all? Trying different things might spark their appetite also. Mine loves silkworms but the place I was getting them at was closed for 2 weeks. now that I am getting some this week I am hoping he will start showing some more interest in eating. Mine will not touch crickets as of about 2 weeks ago. Loved supers, and now is so so on them.

 

[panther67]

This guy is different then my others. Has always eaten but not a huge amount. He loves supers, more than silks and he does not care for hornworms. When he ate the one and only horn worm he had a look on his face like he was going to vomit.

 

[reptoman]

They slow down at different ages. At 6 months, I would try to keep feeding everyday but maybe fewer items at a time. Can you hand feed? What I do for my male if he is not eating much is put a med sized roach on the screen top and let it run across over his head. Almost always gets his attention and he cant help but snag it. I will repeat this around 5 -6 times until he has had enough to eat for that day. Fun to watch too.