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Hello,

I could use some advice about diet for a baby frill CB.

Two days ago my baby frill became noticable ill. It was straining. By the following evening he or she had passed away.

I thought it was an impaction, but an autopsy showed no impaction.

I figured it has to be dietary, or chemicals in/on the fake tree.

I have an outside 260 gal terrarium that recieves natural sunlight and rain with an artificial tree and a bowl of fresh water.

I was feeding it dusted pin-head crickets.
I have seen some sites recommend giving a 70%insect 30%veggie/fruit diet.

Has anyone tried it? Any diet recommendations would be greatly appreaciated.

I would like try again with another frill

I do not feed my frilled any fruits veggies, but if u do, i hear that veggies are the only thing healthy to feed. In addition to dusting them, you also need to gut load them, and make sure you are using calcium with vitamin D4, and also Herpative in a ratio of 4:1 respectivley. It can also be a few other factors like humidity, if the humidity is too high, it causes lung problems. I wouldnt keep mine outside, maybe during the day for some sun but the temps outside may get too cold during the night and I do not think with pollution... Maybe bring the frilled back and forth. Also... baby frilled also have that change that they are not going to make it that why older frills are more expensive, because you do not runnin the risk of losing him/her.

Thanks,

I live in Miami, so humidity could definitely be a factor. I can move the cage to a more sheltered spot on the patio, with much less exposure to water, and bring him inside if it gets cold. Fortunately, cold isnt yet an issue.

I will look into trying to gut load the crickets better, and mix the cal/herpvite 4:1. I would find only some of the crickets would eat the others just huddle.

Any recommendations on cricket feed?

best regards,

apaquet