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I'm feeding her as much as she wants (she wont eat every day anymore, its winding up to be every other day). I am giving her big variety, and believe me plenty of calcium power ... Imean LOTS and using reptisun lights. Arcadia being ordered tomorrow. But, I will do 2x a week now in regards to what you said, I can manage that. The other 1-2 days can be fruits and the mixed innards and meats. I will continue doing both however. At least for now. Thanks for the support and taking your time to talk with me.

I so dont feel bad about my cage cost now. It's not even at the max it could be, likes yours is. And I'm guessing it might be up to 500, not sure. I gotta add it up. The problem is, we live on bare necessities. Every dime is a big deal to us. So, when I researched what I needed for a cage, I ran into two problems. One was like I said. Wood and glass is astronomical here compared to most places. The wood has sky rocketed so bad in the area, an xconstruction worker double checked on what my husband said as he didnt believe what a cheap piece of plywood cost now. We had to have our deck repaired months ago, and the guy apologized twice to us about pricing and explained the prices had been jacked up on him, which we already knew. The second thing we ran into ... was the fact, that no matter how detailed people got with their supplies list?? It was missing a lot for someone like me. Many home owners (not all, maybe even not most I dont know) have all kinds of saws, electrical tape, and the like in their garage just "cause". We didnt. We had to do everything from obtain a paint stiring stick (thank god its free), to electrical tape, pencils, ...... I mean you can't imagine what we had to buy unless you've "been there" financially and have never built anything before.

I have a question. Other than mice/rats, and fish that are readily available, what kind of whole prey can be bought and given? Remember, I'm on a budget... I'm imagining nothing but mice wouldnt be very good either, just as an all mush/meat diet wouldn't be.

<blockquote data-quote="Rebecca Stout" data-source="post: 147931" data-attributes="member: 5055">I'm feeding her as much as she wants (she wont eat every day anymore, its winding up to be every other day).&nbsp; I am giving her big variety, and believe me plenty of calcium power ... Imean LOTS and using reptisun lights. Arcadia being ordered tomorrow.&nbsp; But, I will do 2x a week now in regards to what you said, I can manage that. The other 1-2 days can be fruits and the mixed innards and meats.&nbsp; I will continue doing both however.&nbsp; At least for now.&nbsp; Thanks for the support and taking your time to talk with me.I so dont feel bad about my cage cost now.&nbsp; It's not even at the max it could be, likes yours is. And I'm guessing it might be up to 500, not sure. I gotta add it up.&nbsp; The problem is, we live on bare necessities.&nbsp; Every dime is a big deal to us.&nbsp; So, when I researched what I needed for a cage, I ran into two problems. One was like I said. Wood and glass is astronomical here compared to most places. The wood has sky rocketed so bad in the area, an xconstruction worker double checked on what my husband said as he didnt believe what a cheap piece of plywood cost now.&nbsp; We had to have our deck repaired months ago, and the guy apologized twice to us about pricing and explained the prices had been jacked up on him, which we already knew.&nbsp; The second thing we ran into ... was the fact, that no matter how detailed people got with their supplies list??&nbsp; It was missing a lot for someone like me.&nbsp; Many home owners (not all, maybe even not most I dont know) have all kinds of saws, electrical tape, and the like in their garage just &quot;cause&quot;.&nbsp; We didnt. We had to do everything from obtain a paint stiring stick (thank god its free), to electrical tape, pencils,&nbsp; ...... I mean you can't imagine what we had to buy unless you've &quot;been there&quot; financially and have never built anything before.&nbsp; I have a question.&nbsp; Other than mice/rats, and fish that are readily available, what kind of whole prey can be bought and given?&nbsp; Remember, I'm on a budget...&nbsp; I'm imagining nothing but mice wouldnt be very good either, just as an all mush/meat diet wouldn't be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rebecca Stout, post: 147931, member: 5055"] I'm feeding her as much as she wants (she wont eat every day anymore, its winding up to be every other day). I am giving her big variety, and believe me plenty of calcium power ... Imean LOTS and using reptisun lights. Arcadia being ordered tomorrow. But, I will do 2x a week now in regards to what you said, I can manage that. The other 1-2 days can be fruits and the mixed innards and meats. I will continue doing both however. At least for now. Thanks for the support and taking your time to talk with me. I so dont feel bad about my cage cost now. It's not even at the max it could be, likes yours is. And I'm guessing it might be up to 500, not sure. I gotta add it up. The problem is, we live on bare necessities. Every dime is a big deal to us. So, when I researched what I needed for a cage, I ran into two problems. One was like I said. Wood and glass is astronomical here compared to most places. The wood has sky rocketed so bad in the area, an xconstruction worker double checked on what my husband said as he didnt believe what a cheap piece of plywood cost now. We had to have our deck repaired months ago, and the guy apologized twice to us about pricing and explained the prices had been jacked up on him, which we already knew. The second thing we ran into ... was the fact, that no matter how detailed people got with their supplies list?? It was missing a lot for someone like me. Many home owners (not all, maybe even not most I dont know) have all kinds of saws, electrical tape, and the like in their garage just "cause". We didnt. We had to do everything from obtain a paint stiring stick (thank god its free), to electrical tape, pencils, ...... I mean you can't imagine what we had to buy unless you've "been there" financially and have never built anything before. I have a question. Other than mice/rats, and fish that are readily available, what kind of whole prey can be bought and given? Remember, I'm on a budget... I'm imagining nothing but mice wouldnt be very good either, just as an all mush/meat diet wouldn't be. [/QUOTE]

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