hornworm strike

[bigeaters101]

- female Yemen about 5-6months old had her for 3months
- I handle her once every 3-4 days for only 5-10mins and shes recpetive to being held
- food: eats 5-6days a week on gutloaded crickets (fruits and veggies like orange,lemon, peppers,etc), supers, butters, hornedworms, treats are wax and roaches; crickets free range others are in feeding cup, does hand feed
- traditional supplements Cali almost every feeding (w/od3) vit 2x a month and Cali w/d3 2x /month
- haba misting system goes off every 3hrs for 45secs each total of 6mins a day of misting, she doesn't drink at every mist but I have seen her snatch droplets
-fecal is looking good once a day and no history of illness
Cage

18x18x36 reptibreeze
18in 5.0 exoterra tube with a 75watt house bulb to bask and a cermic heater at night
Temp during day high 70s to low 80, at night low to mid 70smeasured w. A digital themo
50-60% humidity held up by a photos and a dwarf umbrella
Location:NE usa

My issue is that she has loved hornedworms in the past but as of a few days ago is almost refusing them. She will still take her crickets,supers, and butters but has comoletly lost interest in the horns. Its not a hunger strike so much as a change in food preference ? Any ideas why? I like her having them to keep a good variety of diet as well as keeping her hydrated.I have tried to offer her a number of different sizes and nothing. Suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[junglefries]

dido

Some of mine did the exact same thing. eating them one day and not the next. but everyone still eats the silkworms, butterworms, & superworms. some did restart while some haven't. (panther. veil. jax) it took a female jax of mine almost 6mo. to start eating them again, after one bit her face while she was chewing it.

 

[MelissaB]

My Jackson is doing the same thing. He will literally step over (or on) a silkworm or hornworm. I wish I had another animal that would eat them. I really wanted him to keep eating the silks since they're good for him.

 

[bigeaters101]

Some of mine did the exact same thing. eating them one day and not the next. but everyone still eats the silkworms, butterworms, & superworms. some did restart while some haven't. (panther. veil. jax) it took a female jax of mine almost 6mo. to start eating them again, after one bit her face while she was chewing it.

How'd u get them to start eating them again? Should i just keep offering them to her on and off? I was thinking of offering only the horned after an off day of feeding. Kinda to give her no option on food? But if she refuses i know im gona crack and fed her...But like I said I like her having them as a hydration boost plus they are relativley good and silkies are hard to get in my area as a sub.

 

[Deevo]

they really like variety.. dont buy too much of one specific thing at once other then their staple like crickets. I usually buy like 4 silk worms, a small tub of meal worms, about 4 small hornworms and 100 crickets.

 

[teejayteej]

Only one of mine will eat the silks, none will eat the horn, male jackson will only eat crickets. He will not eat anything else that I have tried. (not even butter or wax) So, I would just keep trying from time to time and see if it changes back. I keep hoping mine will increase what they like but, I feed them what they will eat and keep offering them options.