Feeding question (Sorry this includes gargs to! But there are some crestie pics)

[Seru1]

I know this must be the most common new Rhac owner question, but It's hard for me to tell if they are eating there CGD. I know the first day I saw the cresties spend alot of time in there hides, but now they favor there fake leaves nearly everytime I see them.

The gargs have never left there perches to my knowledge, granted I'm not here 24/7 staring at them. But they love there corkwood branches.


The crickets got gobbled up I think but here's my big question. How do you properly portion out crickets in each cage? I got like 5 in one 2 in another 1 in one and 4 in another. Cause I was just trying to shake them out of the bag into the cage.

Anyway I can verify CGD is being eaten? I have been letting them settle down so I haven't checked for poop yet. Not messing with them except to give new CGD yesterday and mist 3 times a day.


Oh also I think I might mist to much. I mean the cage dries out but I only see them drink by licking it up so I mist before work, When I get home (lightly) and before I go to bed.

Any help?

Oh and here's one of my Cresties hunting. This one LOVED crickets. It was instantly out and snapping them up. So cool!

 

[Holly12]

Well you can tell if they are eating there CGD by looking for tomgue prints in the food and misting you can mist twice a day. Thats what I do for my male and he took longer to eat his food he was stress out. So keep cecking for tongue prints in the food they eat very samll amounts of food.

 

[Seru1]

Well you can tell if they are eating there CGD by looking for tomgue prints in the food and misting you can mist twice a day. Thats what I do for my male and he took longer to eat his food he was stress out. So keep cecking for tongue prints in the food they eat very samll amounts of food.

Oooh I hadn't thought of that! I wonder what tongue prints looked like. Sunday I brought the cap of food to each one and sort of dipped it on there mouth so they would know it was there. I believe I read that somewhere.


I'll check. I just bought the original flavor CGD, The breeder told me flavor didn't matter.

This is much easier with pythons lol! But these guys are to cute.

Twice a day? I guess I need to cut back. I had been doing 3 with a small midday mist. Our state is pretty humid but. Like I said I worry alot! :lol:

 

[Holly12]

Yeah just twice a day once in the morning and again at night when the lights go off I should of got the original flavor for my male. He is geting use to it but at frist it was hard lol the next time I get the CGD I will get it with no flavor now he does like the peach baby food. I only give that once in a while you can also try that and put some on his nose and see if he licks it off.

 

[norea]

i mist my cresty once if im not free [ usually at night] or twice if im free...[day n night] if u forgot to mist it for 1 or 2 days it is not a big deal so dont worry...

 

[norea]

anyway to answer your question there is no right way to correctly proportionate out crickets. i tend not to put too much crickets because if left uneaten it can cause some minor problems.

Seems to me like u are afraid of grabbing the crickets out of the bag too since u mention "Cause I was just trying to shake them out of the bag into the cage." so i assume some might be thrown in more than the other cages.