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replover
at Wed Mar 28 04:43:14 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by replover ]
Hi. Thanks!
I'll try to get a hold of some red hibiscus flowers. I have been giving some lettuce type veggies mixed in dark greens, strawberries (because my friend got his to start eating with strawberries), papaya, grapes, squash, crix and mealworms. I did put calcium on the mealworms... I'll stop for now.
Why do you put the food directly under the heat lamp? It dries it up so fast and the fruit gets hard.
Should I cut everything up small? This is a tiny lizard about 11 inches long. I have been putting both big pieces and cut up pieces.
The crix and mealies are in a bowl that they can't escape. I also put some in the salad because I thought that the movement will attract them to it. I removed the legs on one side of the crix and the hind legs so they stay on the salad.
Actually I don't know if he has eaten. I gave a lot of food daily and he is a little guy. I tried to count the mealworms but it was a lost cause because they sometimes escape and they sometimes molt and it looks like two and I gave up on that. So I probably didn't see if he ate.
I do notice he has been pooping daily, not much, just like poop and urates of about 2 mm in diameter. This morning, I saw a bigger poop about 4mm in diameter. I also saw that he had a little bit of papaya on the corner of his mouth, but that could just be rubbed on...
Regarding the temps.... They say in the care sheet 100 basking spot. You say 105 is ok. But some said 130 here. So should I make it HIGHER temps? I just got it down to 100 before reading your posts by moving the light higher up...
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RE: Ctenosaura Similis not eating yet - replover, Wed Mar 28 04:43:14 2007
