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Can I feed my b albiceps sling everyday?
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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 232457" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>It is always best to behead beetles, cockroaches & mealworms etc as they do bury themselves. And darkling beetles give off a unpleasant gas as a defence, so beheading them has a number of advantages. </p><p></p><p>As you say darkling beetles are not great for any T, as they will bite. So always behead mealworms, as mealworms can burrow & then resurface as a darkling beetle. Beheading has the advantage for a sling of opening up the soft inner, to your sling. And cockroaches can survive many days with no head. </p><p></p><p>In the wild a small sling would probably live largely off dead prey. So I feed my slings pre killed, until they are slightly larger, this also makes removal of uneaten food much easier, unless the sling burys the mealworm, which some do. In that case I tend to leave them.</p><p></p><p>Try not to disturb burrowed slings. They burrow for a reason & they do come out if they want / need food. But always remove the uneaten food that you can after 24 hours. Live food tends to stress T's & dead food goes moldy very quickly. </p><p></p><p>We tend to put uneaten crickets into T's who we know are good eaters. So every T, but our very biggest, get one cricket per week & then the good eaters get offered uneaten crickets during the week. As we find & remove them. As it is not always easy to remove a cricket from some enclosures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 232457, member: 29323"] It is always best to behead beetles, cockroaches & mealworms etc as they do bury themselves. And darkling beetles give off a unpleasant gas as a defence, so beheading them has a number of advantages. As you say darkling beetles are not great for any T, as they will bite. So always behead mealworms, as mealworms can burrow & then resurface as a darkling beetle. Beheading has the advantage for a sling of opening up the soft inner, to your sling. And cockroaches can survive many days with no head. In the wild a small sling would probably live largely off dead prey. So I feed my slings pre killed, until they are slightly larger, this also makes removal of uneaten food much easier, unless the sling burys the mealworm, which some do. In that case I tend to leave them. Try not to disturb burrowed slings. They burrow for a reason & they do come out if they want / need food. But always remove the uneaten food that you can after 24 hours. Live food tends to stress T's & dead food goes moldy very quickly. We tend to put uneaten crickets into T's who we know are good eaters. So every T, but our very biggest, get one cricket per week & then the good eaters get offered uneaten crickets during the week. As we find & remove them. As it is not always easy to remove a cricket from some enclosures. [/QUOTE]
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