I have 2 juvenile Leos. One has been ignoring crickets for over a week now. It's odd to me because when I first got this little guy (or girl) he loved Crickets and actually ignored the mealworms.
I have been feeding him hornworms, wax worms, and mealworms in the meantime...but I want to get him back on Crickets. Is there something I can do to help?
Or should I try Dubias?
My main concern would be the size of small dubias. Are they too big for juvenile Leos? Are they good as a staple diet? What should I gut load them with? and should I dust them? And do you think he would he go for the Dubias if he's ignoring Crickets?
I'm just not sure what is up with this Leo. Or if this is even something I should worry about. but my other one loves to hunt the crickets.
I have recently separated them, but this one was ignoring crickets even before I separated them. He still seems to have a good appetite, I will notice he will eat more one day, eat less the next day, eat more the following day, and so on. He doesn't seem to be impacted at all. The move to the new surroundings may have stressed him a bit, but like I said, he wasn't eating crickets before the move.
This may seems kinda crazy, but I was wondering if maybe he hurt himself going for a cricket? He used to be very violent when he attacked his prey. He would strike hard and even sometimes shake his prey. I noticed that recently he has been much more gentle when striking his food. He doesn't do it as hard, he doesn't shake his targets after he gets them in his mouth. Instead he just gentle grabs his worms now. Yesterday I noticed he was a bit more aggressive when attacking the mealworms, but I'm wondering? Did he hurt his mouth or something when going for a cricket? could this have turned him off?
I have been feeding him hornworms, wax worms, and mealworms in the meantime...but I want to get him back on Crickets. Is there something I can do to help?
Or should I try Dubias?
My main concern would be the size of small dubias. Are they too big for juvenile Leos? Are they good as a staple diet? What should I gut load them with? and should I dust them? And do you think he would he go for the Dubias if he's ignoring Crickets?
I'm just not sure what is up with this Leo. Or if this is even something I should worry about. but my other one loves to hunt the crickets.
I have recently separated them, but this one was ignoring crickets even before I separated them. He still seems to have a good appetite, I will notice he will eat more one day, eat less the next day, eat more the following day, and so on. He doesn't seem to be impacted at all. The move to the new surroundings may have stressed him a bit, but like I said, he wasn't eating crickets before the move.
This may seems kinda crazy, but I was wondering if maybe he hurt himself going for a cricket? He used to be very violent when he attacked his prey. He would strike hard and even sometimes shake his prey. I noticed that recently he has been much more gentle when striking his food. He doesn't do it as hard, he doesn't shake his targets after he gets them in his mouth. Instead he just gentle grabs his worms now. Yesterday I noticed he was a bit more aggressive when attacking the mealworms, but I'm wondering? Did he hurt his mouth or something when going for a cricket? could this have turned him off?