First off, you never want excess crickets to be loose in a cage. For some
reason, they tend to stress out the animals.
I feed my adult henkeli about 4 crickets every two to three days. I have one
pair that tend to eat more than my other pair. So, one pair is on an every
other day feeding regiment, and the other is on an every third day regiment. I
heavily dust the crickets with Calcium w/D3.
I have seen a very strong reaction by the females to land snails. But, in
general, the reaction to crickets is quite good. I raise the hatchlings the
same way, just by varying cricket size and quantities.
Given that they are eating, I doubt the animals are unhealthy. My guess is
that you may be over-feeding.
Preston
Camille Thompson wrote:
> What kind of prey items do you henkeli-owners feed
> them primarily? Both of mine seem do think crickets
> are rather uninteresting unless they are particularly
> hungry. Moths, on the other hand, elicit much more
> enthusiastic responses--I don't know if that is closer
> to what they normally eat or just an instinctive need
> to move faster with flying prey. What else should I
> feed them? I'm getting ready to place an order for
> more crix, is there somewhere I can order roaches?
> What kind would you recommend? Also, it seems like at
> least half a dozen crix remain hidden in the planted
> terrarium I set up for them, is this fairly normal?
> Will they eat pinky mice? I haven't had any luck with
> them so far, I wondered if that was just mine. My
> male, whom I recently bought, needs fattening up a
> little and I am wondering how to go about it more
> effectively.
> Thanks!
> These guys are the coolest! I should have gotten a
> pair a long time ago!
>
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