First meal with me

[beebhabie]

A. chalcodes first meal with me! Didn’t think she would eat as she’s been camping out in her burrow but it was a nice surprise

Also question: Trying to understand portion sizes.. if a feeder is slightly on the smaller side, like this mealworm, would you feed them seconds when they finish the first or just feed again later in the week? There is a lot of contradicting info out there do it’s a bit hard to understand it all.

sorry girl for interrupting your dinner with my flash

 

[Oursapoil]

My rule of thumb is let her finish this one first then present a second one. If she takes it right away good, if she doesn't remove it (mealworm and superworm have a tendency to dig right away and burry themselves) and try again in a few days.
Cheers.

 

[ArachnoHorn]

Also question: Trying to understand portion sizes.. if a feeder is slightly on the smaller side, like this mealworm, would you feed them seconds when they finish the first or just feed again later in the week? There is a lot of contradicting info out there do it’s a bit hard to understand it all.

Feed them again later

 

[ArachnoHorn]

A. chalcodes first meal with me! Didn’t think she would eat as she’s been camping out in her burrow but it was a nice surprise

spending time with a T is one of the best things to do

 

[m0lsx]

If you are feeding mealworms, make sure you crush or remove the head of the mealworm, as they normally quickly burrow into the substrate & the T looses it's food, but worse still, eventually the mealworm turns into a beetle & if the beetle resurfaces when your T is molting, The beetle could easily bite & harm your vulnerable T.

A beheaded mealworm will still be able to move/wriggle 24 hours after being decapitated, so beheading them is not like feeding them dead prey.

 

[octanejunkie]

It's fun to watch them double and triple clutch, I'll sometimes throw several feeders in at the same time and watch the T scramble for all of them

Each animal is different, however