Feeding and Nutrition :: Suddenly picky

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:39 pm   Suddenly picky

My male res is a little over a year old and all the sudden doesn't like his food. I feed him the reptomin sticks. He loves to eat!! He acts fine and still begs for food. I also feed him the tinmy shrimp and he loves those but i know thay are meant to be his diet alone. Any suggestions?

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:23 pm   

Try feeding him zoologists jello shots, load them up with veggies and such.

Try pouring a little water from canned tuna on the pellets, try feeding him some canned tuna. All I can think of for the moment.
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:13 pm   

My Murphy just stopped eating his veggies a month ago; I tried the jello shots but he's still not eating that either.
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:12 pm   

I had the same thing with mine when they were smaller, i think sometimes they just get bored of it. I offered some other things for a while (veggies, crickets, worms, grapes rarely) then i started mixing pellets back in, and they ate em, i think its just a matter of being sick of the same old same old.
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:33 pm   

Mine is like that with veggies. I also think he just wants a change :)
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Post Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:28 pm   

Mine will only eat pellets, grasshoppers, and crickets.
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