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Posted by Crochuntermyhero on May 11, 2003 at 14:52:44:
In Reply to: I need a good hatchling diet for him to gain some wieght posted by Skorpion on May 11, 2003 at 14:43:38:
Nice big crickets should take up 80 percent of the diet
suppliment it with turkey or chicken deli meats ( stay away from ham and beef)
wax worms are high in fat and work well to beef someone up,
you can try pinkies as a last resort but however the deli meat is gonna do the same thing and be healthier for him
just don't get them stricktly on the meats because it gives them the runs ( found that out the hard way with my 3 and a half foot female..talk about poo everywhere)
the canned monitor diets (zu preem, not zoo med's) work well sparingly, and you can also try low fat high protien canned dog or cat foods once again, sparingly i;'d reccomend this feeding schedule
feed every other day
one feeding crickets the next a supplimented diet, the next crickets on and on and so forth
it's best to keep monitor's a bit hungry than it is to gourge them with food. I'm not saying starve them,. if you feed them every other day you'll be fine, my male i got as a hatchling a little over a year ago and he's 27 inches now, and thats on the exact diet i just mentioned
hope this helps
James
:Thanks,
