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04-Oct-07, 09:14 PM
|  | ®€¶T‡£3§~☺ Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: South-East Brisbane, QLD. Age: 19 | | |
my bluey is very shy and seldom leaves his log. i come into my room in the afternoon and find droppings out of his log so i no he leaves i, just not wen im around. the thing is. i cant get him to drink from his water bowl wen im around, so i dnt no if hes drinking atm. and the only thing he will eat is grapes... r these ok for a bluetonge as there soul intake of food?
thanking you...
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04-Oct-07, 09:24 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26  | | | | He will get use to you and people around in time.
Grapes are fine what eles do you feed him? put a variety of food out for him he will take it.
He should be drinking from the bowl or he will find it when he wants too. |
04-Oct-07, 09:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Brisbane QLD Gender: | | | | if you are not sure if he is drinking just give him a lite mist with a spray bottle to hidrate hime, and he would be getting moister from the grapes so dont be too worried. |
04-Oct-07, 09:39 PM
| | ®€¶T‡£3§~☺ Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: South-East Brisbane, QLD. Age: 19 | | | | grapes is all he will eat, i tried catfood, tomatoes, lettuce, carrot, corn, peas..
all he will eat is his daily few grapes (bout 3 every day) and on saturdays a 10g tub of mealworms...
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04-Oct-07, 09:45 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | | Wow cut down on the mealies hes might be to blocked up to eat |
04-Oct-07, 09:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | They mainly eat snails and slugs in the wild so you should try and get some of them, they will normally accept cat food and insects too, try some differant types of cat food(not fishy ones or dry stuff).
I wouldnt be worrried about it drinking, its probably just doing that when you arnt there. |
04-Oct-07, 09:47 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | | even them out to a few a day or give him cricket and roaches insted |
04-Oct-07, 09:47 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Brettix  Wow cut down on the mealies hes might be to blocked up to eat | what makes you think that? |
04-Oct-07, 09:55 PM
|  | Sponsor | | | | | the outside of meal worm are hard and its hard for them to digest
Try one yourself they wont hurt you
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04-Oct-07, 09:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Townsville Age/Gender: 34 | | | Yeah, you can get those dried, goey snails which they love. Ours also liked broken up chook egg as a treat.
I wouldn't be concerned about the shyness. They like to hide a lot anyway. Maybe it's because they can't run away very fast!  |
04-Oct-07, 10:04 PM
| | ®€¶T‡£3§~☺ Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: South-East Brisbane, QLD. Age: 19 | | | | hmm so u suggest crickets and woodies...
how many and how often shuld i feed him? and where can i get these snails from?
he doesnt mind his grapes and as i said he gets like 20 mealies every saturday. i just cant afford to feed him 20 crickets or woodies or meealies everyday....
im looking for a cheap way to please my bluey and me.
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04-Oct-07, 10:04 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Valley Reptile Supplies the outside of meal worm are hard and its hard for them to digest
Try one yourself they wont hurt you | cris,theres your answer,that was easy. |
04-Oct-07, 10:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 21  | | | | i take it you've only just got him? probably just setteling in. in terms of the grapes eating only one thing is never a great situation in the long term. if you're worried about him drinking mist him dayily and he will lick the water off his face. have you tired giving him bannana? they love bannana
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04-Oct-07, 10:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 21 | | | | definately cut back on the mealies, they;re cheap because they aren't very nutrious and they are very fatty cutting corners by letting him feed on heaps of mealies could result in paying a fortune in vet bills down the track
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04-Oct-07, 10:16 PM
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