My male veiled started cutting down on his own about 1 year. At first I thought something was wrong with him, but he would eat fine every other day so that's how I fed him. He will leave food in his dish when he's not hungry so I can dump the crickets back in the bin. Now my females will eat themselves silly if I let them. They are food machines and are only picky when they are gravid. 24 hours after laying eggs they eat, and eat, and eat.