Flying Food?

[oliveblanche]

Hey everyone, quick question:

I recently moved my young Senegal to her big girl house, which is a 4 foot tall Reptarium. In her old cage it was easy for me just to throw (and count) the crickets in there and I could keep track of what she was eating. Moving her to the big cage, which is FULL of live plants and vines, it is too hard for me to see/keep track of what she is actually eating. So started hand feeding her crickets one by one and now I think she is becoming spoiled and I'm not sure she is hunting at all.

Is there a feeder that flies or likes to stay high at the top of the enclosure? I just feel as though she is bored or something and I am really getting sick of holding a cricket by the leg until she decides to eat it!

 

[SSimsswiSS]

House flies, blue bottle fly, fiery Skippers, bees (stingers removed). First two are commercially available. Last two you'll have to catch yourself.

 

[Lizardlover]

If you want an arboreal feeder you could also try grasshoppers, katydids, stick insects, and mantids.

 

[DavidBuchan]

4 foot tall? It can't be too hard for her to hunt in it.....If you've been spoiling her by basically putting food into her mouth, so she doesn't need to hunt then she won't hunt. Just put enough food in and she'll eat it when she's hungry enough. A variety of feeders is always best, locusts are also a good staple and they will nearly always climb to the top, where it will be warmest.