Introducing new food??

[mattj]

Hey everyone,

Since I got my jackson back in Nov. Hes been eating pretty much crickets. About two months ago I bought some waxworms which I used to give to my old veiled. So figured id try something new. Well wanted to try something else just to switch it up a little and got some goliath or hornworms as some people call them.

Well I put two in the cage, one fell into the water bowl and the other one is still crawling around. My jackson seems to have NO interest in it. Its crawled right past him at times. Im wondering if its maybe too big?? Any ideas on how to maybe coax him into eating them?? I had the idea of depriving him of some crickets for a few days and get him hungry but dont know if I want to do that.

Any suggestions?

 

[blackened]

I have no experience with Jackson's I'm afraid. However if your buddy is more keen on the insects why not try dubia roaches or locusts to help increase variety?

The roaches are more meaty than crickets and locusts have a better calciumhosphorus ratio.