Reply To: CRICKET CONTEST-BUDDY AND MESA WHEN THEY WERE SMALLER

[Zoodulcis]

There are a couple of simple tricks to use as work arounds. For instance, if you repeatedly see signs that he is having trouble shedding and you are certain that proper humidity is not the issue, then you can go outside the reptile market and acquire a supplement such as this one for horses and other animals
https://www.bulksupplements.com/products/vitamin-b1-thiamine-hcl-powder?variant=29386496737391&currency=USD&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_rfvBRCPARIsANlV66OHl5XBMvoYTRycQv9gT3omMa56ffXFgEl5WCafaYRGc0DdKYWuivcaAnYcEALw_wcB

This one package is probably a lifetime supply, but it is certainly one way to go. Some owners have good luck with picky beardies when they dust strawberries with a supplement powder.

Another trick is the remove a select number of crickets from all food for 24 hours. Then put them on oatmeal moistened with water slightly and dusted heavily with a supplement like the one above or a commercial powdered reptile multi-vitamin. Place the hungry crickets on this food selection, offer them nothing else, and after 3 hours give them to your Buddy. The nutrients will be in the cricket’s gut but will not have undergone digestion and the value of all of the vitamins will be retained. This is sort of like hiding a pill inside a meatball to get a dog to take it easily.

Hope this advice helps you provide your finicky fellow with everything he needs to become a colossal size.