Tokay feeding questions

rwg · 10-07-04, 11:30 AM

I have a yearling tokay. I dont know who had him before me, or what the husbandry was, but I know he's not as big as he should be at 1 year, and he wasn't a good eater when I got him. He's currently 18g. I dont know what his length or sex is (in spite of the fact that I call him a him).

Anyway, when I got him about 6-8 weeks ago he would only eat about 6 crickets a week. I've made some minor tweaks to the husbandry, and he's now eating probably 15 or more per week. How many crickets a week do you think a tokay of this size should be eating? What's a normal weight for a yearling? Any other hints for getting him going?

Kevin McRae · 10-07-04, 03:31 PM

Superworms will fatten him up, try them and my tokays eat about 10 crickets every 2 days

Tim and Julie B · 10-07-04, 03:59 PM

Give them pinkies once in awhile. They also really like grapes. Just use tongs.

They pretty much eat anything that fits in there mouth.

reptiguy420 · 10-07-04, 04:36 PM

like maybe a finger

Kevin McRae · 10-07-04, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Tim and Julie B
Give them pinkies once in awhile. They also really like grapes. Just use tongs. They pretty much eat anything that fits in there mouth.

Really grapes?

I did not know that..gonna have to try that