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My baby water seems to have lost interest in crickets. When I first got him he was chowing them down and I was throwing a mouse in there once a week. Never had an interest in meal worms though. One day he just stopped eating the crickets too, so Ive just been feeding him fuzzies. I know they should usually eat insects until about a year of age, but mine seems to have a different agenda. Is there something I should do to try to get him excited about insects again or should I just stick with the mice? I just checked his temps and his ambient is about 90 and his basking is 110-120. Thanks.

Was this such a retarded question that it doesn't even deserve a response?

What size enclosure is it in? Cool side temps? I would think that with an ambient that high, one it would be dangerous for the lizard after a while, and that the cool end couldn't get cool enough with temps like that.

I would think that this sleeps in his water dish a lot. Does he?

-Jeff

He is currently in an enclosure that is 7'x4'x2'. The cool side is usually low 80's ranging up to 90. Basking 110-120
I actually saw him sleep in his water dish once a few months ago, but thats the only time it ever happened. I thought it was because of lack of humidity. He does burrow at night and come out during the day, usually about 6 hours give or take, but im not home all day to monitor him...you think maybe because its too hot?

Baby waters got some growing to do, it knows mice are the ticket. As long as it feeds aggressively, then feed him up. Cheers