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greetings everyone,

I am having a problem with my bosc as he will only eat crickets and nothing else as he is very young still i know that crickets are sufficient for now but i would like to add in f/t pinkies and small meal worms but he has no interest in them. I have talked to the vet at his well visit checkup and my vet told me to force feed him a meal worm or f/t pinkie but i have never liked the idea of force feeding as it is far to stressful on the animals. he gobbles crickets fine about 2-3 dozen a day minimum but a varied diet is always best for any animal. so any advice will be much appreciated
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cead mile failte

Whats wrong with crickets? Try other insects like roaches if you feel the need to diversify.

>>greetings everyone,
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>> I am having a problem with my bosc as he will only eat crickets and nothing else as he is very young still i know that crickets are sufficient for now but i would like to add in f/t pinkies and small meal worms but he has no interest in them. I have talked to the vet at his well visit checkup and my vet told me to force feed him a meal worm or f/t pinkie but i have never liked the idea of force feeding as it is far to stressful on the animals. he gobbles crickets fine about 2-3 dozen a day minimum but a varied diet is always best for any animal. so any advice will be much appreciated
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>>cead mile failte

Personally I would make sure your conditions are correct...for temps and humidity. Then leave the poor thing alone. My first Sav ate bugs for over a year before she decided she could eat other things. BUGs are their primary natural diet. Just BUGs. Your monitor doesn't have to have something different. Get a nice Hissing Roach colony going and be happy they don't stink like mice.
My 5 yo savs still prefer roaches over rodents. Though it takes way more to fill them up so they get rodents too.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

My advice, find a new vet.

Then check your husbandry, with the right conditions, a healthy monitor will eat anything. I mean anything.

If it is eating bugs without a problem, feed it bugs, bugs are good for a yound growing monitor.
Just dust them and feed away.

Scott
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