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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 174121" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Some T's will feed as soon as they are delivered, others take a few weeks. If it wants food, my view is, food is cheap, so make it available & let the T choose.</p><p></p><p>I have several slings & a tub of mealworms last me weeks. So what I do is I feed one day. Remove the mealworm the next & then feed again on the third day & so on.</p><p></p><p>Always cut the head off mealworms, otherwise they bury themselves & then resurface weeks later as beetles & the beetles could possibly harm your sling. The head end of a mealworm is the end with the legs, it often also has a black spot at that end too. When my mealworms start turning into beetles, I cut their heads off & offer my slings something different to eat.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea if, or when, my slings feed. But by doing the above, they have plenty of fresh food available & I check on them properly at least 3 times a week, by feeding the way I do.</p><p></p><p>I keep my mealworms, not in the fridge, but out with the T's. And I keep the mealworms food topped up. They eat cheap dry porridge. Every so often I also sieve out the dust that results from them eating the porridge & I blow into the sieve to remove the shed skins. Your T is only as good as the food you feed it & looking after your T's food is part of looking after your T's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 174121, member: 29323"] Some T's will feed as soon as they are delivered, others take a few weeks. If it wants food, my view is, food is cheap, so make it available & let the T choose. I have several slings & a tub of mealworms last me weeks. So what I do is I feed one day. Remove the mealworm the next & then feed again on the third day & so on. Always cut the head off mealworms, otherwise they bury themselves & then resurface weeks later as beetles & the beetles could possibly harm your sling. The head end of a mealworm is the end with the legs, it often also has a black spot at that end too. When my mealworms start turning into beetles, I cut their heads off & offer my slings something different to eat. I have no idea if, or when, my slings feed. But by doing the above, they have plenty of fresh food available & I check on them properly at least 3 times a week, by feeding the way I do. I keep my mealworms, not in the fridge, but out with the T's. And I keep the mealworms food topped up. They eat cheap dry porridge. Every so often I also sieve out the dust that results from them eating the porridge & I blow into the sieve to remove the shed skins. Your T is only as good as the food you feed it & looking after your T's food is part of looking after your T's. [/QUOTE]
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