Toref is still pretty shy, but boy is he eating like a pig, and growing!
Here some pictures from the past two days and a video of him eating today (including 1 where he attacked from above while hanging on his log). He's eating bigger pieces now and I don't have to cut the insects and mice up so fine. He also doesn't seem to mind the calcium and vitamin dusting I do 1X a week.
He eats mouse parts 2X a week and insects (cockroaches, crickets, and grasshopper are his favorites) 5-6X a week. His diet is varied and the insects are steamed in the can to preserve nutrients, however, they are not live. He doesn't seem to care for the live dubai and he's too small now for mealworms or superworms (plus he avoids them when in his dish from the can). With live food, I usually supplement for my other animals, but they get the benefit of me gut-loading the bugs. However, they also do not have UV lighting (Leopard Geckos and Ferry the Chewie). Toref has UV light, but he is eating dead prey items, so I supplement him as well. Calcium 1-2X a week and multi vitamin 1X a week.
Video of Toref Destroying Canned Cockroach parts: https://streamable.com/9ozs1
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