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How do I know if i am feeding my veileds too much or too little.
Dose it matter if i still dust the crickets when I give them too my veilds? I do gut load them.

My male is 15 months and my female is 9 months if that helps.

you asked..."How do I know if i am feeding my veileds too much or too little"...that's a hard question to answer. If the tail is round (not ridged) and the body isn't excessively wide/fat looking then its probably fine. If the tail is ridged (with a male there is sometimes a bit of a ridge showing to accomodate the hemipenes) and the ribs are showing even when its resting, then its too thin.

You asked..."Dose it matter if i still dust the crickets when I give them too my veilds? I do gut load them."...even when my veileds are adults I dust the crickets lightly a couple of times a week with calcium, twice a month with calcium/D3 powder and twice a month with a vitamin/mineral powder....but mine receive only artificial light. If they get some direct sun (not through glass or plastic) then you can cut out the D3. If/when the female is gravid, she needs more calcium than normal.

You said..."My male is 15 months and my female is 9 months if that helps"...a couple of comments...I assume that they are NOT in the same cage? Have you provided the female with a place to lay eggs should she need to? They can produce eggs (from 6 months on) even when not mated and can die eggbound if there is no appropriate place for them to lay them. Veileds become omnivores at about 6 months of age....so you can give them some greens, veggies, and fruits then.

Hope this helps!

I do have them in seperate cages but it is a little odd to me that my girl has not layed a clutch or accepted my boy being months and all.I have a place in her cage that she can lay her eggs if she needs to.

You said..."I do have them in seperate cages but it is a little odd to me that my girl has not layed a clutch"...not all veileds lay infertile eggs that early. Mine can go for three years without producing a single infertile clutch. It depends on several things.

You said... she hasn't "accepted my boy being months and all"...have they always been separated? Have you ever introduced them to each other? Its possible that she isn't at the right point in her cycle. I never mate my females before they are a year old or full grown. I don't like to put demands on her to produce fertile eggs until she is full grown herself.

I introduce her to my boy every coyple of days too see if she will accept him so i'll know if she is going to lay eggs any time soon but i am planing on waiting untile she is at least a year before i mate her with him.

You don't need to introduce them to each other when you aren't going to let them mate yet....and I think its a good idea that you aren't going to let them mate yet. Showing her to him will show you whenif she's receptive or not....but that doesn't tell you when she's going to lay eggs.