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My ackie is currently on a cricket diet with turkey and/or pinkies thrown in once a week. Now ive been told a diet more heavily towards pinkies makes them fat. My question is dont bigger monitors basically live off mice, rats and such? Why do ackies get obease on a mouse diet, is it there size? Just wondering cause it would be easier in college. though im pretty sure im going to have to give him away.

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With proper temp gradients they generally don't get fat, 75-140. Until a female cycles, that is.

Thats what i would think, as long as a monitor has the correct setup they can do alot, but i believe it was Proexotics care sheet that said it would be bad and cause obesity. Again this is more of a false hope i can some how bring my little guy to college.

you are taking something out of context. not sure which part.

i would rather feed baby monitors older mice, hoppers, young adults, thawed and chopped up, rather than pinkies. i like the nutritional balance and hair content better than simple pinkies.

but i am not sure if that is even what you are talking about : )
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robyn@proexotics.com

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Ah, well my ackie is 2 years old not a baby, are you against a hopper or fuzzy diet? Still have crickets, but not as the diets base.

i don't like pinkies, that is about it for rodent choice. feed rodents and feeder insects, there's my recommended diet : )
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robyn@proexotics.com

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