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Hello All,

I got my first AWDs about a month ago from Bert Langerwerf. They don't seem to be eating as much as other hatchling lizards I 've had. I'm going to crank their heat up a bit and give them an even bigger water pan. I've been feeding gut loaded crickets.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you,

Brian

You may want to try adding some variety to their diet, some WD's get bored with the same meal every day. Although it may be hard to get them to take some fruits/veggies. Try mealworms or earthworms. Grasshoppers are also good. What is the tempature you have the cage set at? 85-88F during the day with a 90% basking spot should do the trick. Make sure the humidity is about 70-80F.

...and if they are full grown adults, pinkie mice (preferrably frozen then thawed) are healthy if you can get them to take it.

as previously mentioned, mealworms. I keep a shallow dish in my babies cage that always has either mealworms, or waxworms in it. Some people will warn against feeding too many of these, but my experience has been until they get some size to them, any food they eat is good. This year I am also having success with babies eating roach nymphs, which I started breeding myself. The roaches stay in the food dish, unlike crickets. Again, my experience is that baby, (and even juvie awd's) do better eating from a dish. Also, my babies never eat when I'm in the room. The large amount of little turds lets me know they ARE eating, hehehe. One last thing, I never had any success getting awd's of any age to eat fruits and veggies, but I have had success with them eating baby bearded dragon pellets.

Hope this helps, and hang in there because once they get bigger, they become eating machines!
Paul Kemes

Thank you