need parenting advice related to pet care

[FollowTheSun]

Here's more guesses...maybe she finds the crickets fairly repulsive, & dislikes dealing with them. Psychology studies show that not only do we put off unappealing
tasks, but the longer we do so, the more objectionable we find them & the harder it is for us to actually do them.

On the other hand, maybe she LIKES the crickets, & mentally avoids considering them as food until she literally has to feed them off? Time for a conversation, mom.

It's a little surprising really, since she has to spend her own money AND energy to get them: do remind her that it's important for feeders (of any kind) to be well-
nourished, because the ultimate consumers benefit if they aren't starved. Actually, she isn't starving only the crickets, she's ultimately starving the chameleon.

*****We are what we eat.*****

You know what? She has indeed voiced her dislike and disgust of the crickets. And maybe that's a good point! I have discussed that it's important to have healthy feeders for a healthy lizard. I'll bring up that point again to her, because then I'm not directly criticizing her animal/feeder husbandry, but maybe I'll talk about it in a way that is generalized-- like how I try to buy healthy food for our family, my partner tries to get the best food for his cats, etc.

You wanna know the irony of all this? She just went to State as part of her high school FFA program. She is a freshman and placed 6th in the state in her individual contest. Know what her contest was? Entomology.