Could this be too much to hope. Both our male and female have just had their first shed and tonight we have a big show of the dew flap.

However they have stopped eating crickets. We are clearing the tank of crickets to ensure they are not bored of the site of them. No mean feat while trying not to disturb them!

However the lack of eating is worrying me. I have offfered crickets literally on a plate and they are not bothered on the other hand the male has taken some orange however I am worried they are not eating correctly mostly for the female. They are eating waxworm however this is only a treat and we cant have this as a main diet.

Help.

We know they can have mealworms (going to try and find come kings tomorrow) but what about locust?

Try stop the waxworm and see what happens...it is known to happen that herps like waxworms sooo much that they will only want them and nothing else. Maybe try some silkworms...just try a few prey items and see what they will take...if conditions are all right then once hungry they will eat. What are enclosure specs? (temps etc.)

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Runs at around mid tank 80f with basking light , UVB, radiator plate for night heat.

Humidity is around 60 up to 70 when misted 4 times a day.

Night temp is 72 lowest point

Viv I think in imperial is 3' x 1'4" x 4'.

Do they normal stop when they are ready to mate. Most of the books say they mate in Spring however the temp and light has been the same. They only came from the store. 3 weeks ago!

how long have they not been eating then? and don't worry I also don't work in imperial lol...metric all the way! one day the world will all be metric

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Any thoughts on locust. Silkworms are a little difficult to get hold of in the UK!

Should I be disturbing their mating to fish out these crickets and is it safe to starve an aole. Keep it off food for a day or 2. They were both eating 5-6 each a day. Could this have been a problem

4 days however we have cheated and given waxworms last night

young locusts should be fine... the fact that they are eating waxworms makes me think they are just being fussy. 1-2 days of no food is nothing to worry about

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fantastic. Right off to give these guys some peace. Kind of feel like an embaressed parent!

Well the good news is our female took her first cricket straight off the tweezers which is a first she must be starving poor thing. Offered another and wiggled it about but no intrest. He wasnt that fussed about it. Tried to find locust today however no joy. So off trailing all the shops tomorrow

good luck...they might just be tired of crix or just scarded to eat in front of people watching, just leave loose crickets running around for them.

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