Yet another feeding question

[Aardbark]

Hello all!

You guys have been very helpfull so far. I have been making slow improvements with my goo. I think, lol.

Here is my question. I just got a seprate bin to feed her in, so I dont have to feed her in her cage anymore. I take her out and place her in the bin, with some yummy food. But she wont eat. She looks around, crawls a little bit lookig for an exit, and then just gives up and lays on the ground and goes to sleep.

Been going on for 3 days now. Should I keep trying? How long should I leave her in the feeding bin? I dont want her to starve, I know she is hungry, she looks all over her cage for food.

 

[Dirtydmc]

Mine hate the bin too. Some say to put them in a tank with paper on the bottom. I just feed in the enclosure. But they never see me put it in. It's waiting for them before they wake up.

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And I'm constantly in their home messing with things.

 

[Aardbark]

But its crickets, and they dont exactly stay in the food bowl. Wont that trigger a hunter responce?

Ive tried eggs, banana, turkey, the only thing so far that she will eat is crickets.

 

[Dirtydmc]

People are undecided on gu's getting the hunt on from feeding bugs. There's plenty of folks that feed live rats and whatnot to their tegus. Honestly, I believe that a tegu will make his own mind up if he is going to act like an *******. It's a wild animal. My cats hunt, my snakes only eat live prey. They are fine. But some will disagree. Most just worry about a rat biting their baby.

 

[spidersandmonsters]

Sounds like it's getting ready to hibernate maybe?

 

[Aardbark]

Im not sure, isnt it a bit early to hibernate? I put her back in her cage and fed her some crickets. She ate like 20 of them. She must have been starving.