MSMorgan
Avid Member
Just when I thought Lucky wouldn't eat roaches anymore...he did. As of yesterday, he hadn't eaten a roach in a year. So... I put an add up to sell my "prize reserve" colony (smallish dubia colony kept inside on seed warming mat and fed fresh fruits and veggies as a gut load). I have not fed any adult roaches to Lucky ever, just the nymphs.
As he is fully grown (2 1/2 yrs. now) and quite a "big boy" for a veiled, I gave it a try. When I offered him a smallish, calcium dusted, adult male; WHAM, he took it right out of my hand! My staple feeders are crickets with superworms and hornworms on the side. I chock it up to upping his horn worm allotment (Lucky's favorite)to 3-4 per week. I think it spurred his appetite and perhaps, he believed he was striking at a hornworm? I'm not going to push it, but I will offer another well gutloaded male tomorrow. Any thoughts on this behavior? Should I hold on to the colony? Was it just a fluke? It may just be that he's never had an opportunity to "catch" a winged male before, but...?
As he is fully grown (2 1/2 yrs. now) and quite a "big boy" for a veiled, I gave it a try. When I offered him a smallish, calcium dusted, adult male; WHAM, he took it right out of my hand! My staple feeders are crickets with superworms and hornworms on the side. I chock it up to upping his horn worm allotment (Lucky's favorite)to 3-4 per week. I think it spurred his appetite and perhaps, he believed he was striking at a hornworm? I'm not going to push it, but I will offer another well gutloaded male tomorrow. Any thoughts on this behavior? Should I hold on to the colony? Was it just a fluke? It may just be that he's never had an opportunity to "catch" a winged male before, but...?
