Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

[gsrawlinson]

hey, has anyone got any ideas to help encourage a bts to eat crickets, he just isnt interested at all in them, only had him a few months and hasnt really ate many live foods

ive tried starving him a few days but still doesnt work, the crickets just seems to busy themselves in the substrate

[Vickie Lizard]

Hi! If, (like me) you have a fussy feeder, and your not too squeamish, break the back legs off the crickets, and place on top of the normal greens! They should get a nice meaty mouthful of cricket and salad!!!!
(If indeed Blue Tongues eat greens! Iv got Beardies, it works for them!)
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[gsrawlinson]

hi thanks for the advice, any ideas for new foods i chop greens and mix it with dog food, i add strawberries raspberries and blueberrys too but apart from that there isnt anything else he'll eat
thanks

[Vickie Lizard]

Try chopped banana and crushed, boiled egg with shell on(for calcuim), it works for my Pink Tongue, it may work for BTS too!
I may pinch your idea, and try more berries with my Beardie`s, its fun watching them try to catch them!!!
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1.1.7 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Brown Anole
1.1.0 Viatnamese Gliding Frogs
1.2.0 Emperor Scorpions
+ lots of bugs!
Its always better to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission!!

[mark_w]

Hi

You could try rat pups, small mice, a mashed up soft boiled egg, garden snails (thawed after freezing) or large dubia roach nymphs.

Cheers,
Mark.

[christophermchale]

you may just have a skink that doesnt want to eat them. plain and simple.

locusts would make a good alternative also.

as well as the previously mentioned roaches.
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[SNAKEWISPERA]

you should never feed a lot of banana to lizards because it nearly stops the vitamin D3 being produced
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[sam316]

[quote="SNAKEWISPERA"]you should never feed a lot of banana to lizards because it nearly stops the vitamin D3 being produced [/quote]

really?? my BTS loves it, i better be careful . . . . . thanks for that as i had no idea. so how much is a lot then ?

[gsrawlinson]

i tried zoo med can o' snails and can o' crickets and he loves them, especially the snails, everyone should give them a try

[RPK]

Try the tinned foods from zoo med.tortoise & lizard food and the iguana food mine love it.Also have a look at www.bluetongueskinks.net