Sai my Extreme Giant (Chaco White Giant)

[karljr2k4]

Hey all I wanted to introduce you to Sai my Hatchling i got from Underground Reptiles. He hatched last tuesday!

 

[karljr2k4]

he is eating like a champ! what else should i feed him besides crickets and meal-worms? some people told me scrambled eggs. i gave him grapes but all he seems to want in crickets and meal-worms.

 

[chitodadon]

Ground turk ey wit calcium

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[karljr2k4]

should this be a everyday meal for him or just once in a while?

 

[Logie_Bear]

Aw, what a lil cutie! I didn't know underground was producing giants now. He looks very healthy! When my gu was that age she wouldn't touch ground meats. Baby Gus are very movement / prey driven!

 

[chitodadon]

Always the need calcium until u can feed them whole prey

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[karljr2k4]

Aw, what a lil cutie! I didn't know underground was producing giants now. He looks very healthy! When my gu was that age she wouldn't touch ground meats. Baby Gus are very movement / prey driven!

so i should try meat and if it does not work go back to crickets?

 

[chitodadon]

Nit for long though

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[Logie_Bear]

There are lots of bugs to try. Dubias and hornworms are great as well

 

[karljr2k4]

There are lots of bugs to try. Dubias and hornworms are great as well

i guess i will have to go online for those huh!

 

[Tyler137]

i guess i will have to go online for those huh!

Yeah dubias are very good because they are easy to breed. I just got my starter kit in the mail from theroachguy.com today. Very easy to set up, and almost all the roaches were alive.

 

[karljr2k4]

why did no one tell me these guys were excellent escape artist. my baby gu got out from a hole on top of his enclosure that i never imagine he could get too. safe too say he did not get far! for a baby Gu i need taming help. he is only getting older and i do not think he likes me much. what have ya'll done to tame a baby gu? and yes i have read the taming thread.

 

[chitodadon]

Uea they r escape artist amd fast, wit tam ing try the shirt trick, talk to him amd pet him always and always be ariund him as they get older they calm down also watch out for pubert and mood swings

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[karljr2k4]

also i have found Sai does not like super worms. he will not even try them. is others like that?

 

[chitodadon]

Zilla won't either and I'm haopy because the worms r for his substrate

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[Logie_Bear]

None of my herps like super worms or mealies.

 

[chitodadon]

Yea they want real food lol jk

from Samsung Galaxy S3

 

[Midwestmonster]

Very cute. I got my yearling a little over a month ago. Didn't get to experience the whole baby stage. It is hard to believe how fast they grow.

 

[karljr2k4]

well Sai is growing nice and fat! but i have started to feed him ground turkey with some d3 and he will not even touch it. all he want is crickets. what should i do? wait him out or give in and feed im crickets again?

 

[Logie_Bear]

Ezzy would not TOUCH ground meat for about 3 months of my having her as a hatching. I would take a little ball of ground turkey, shove a cricket half-way into it - but so its little legs were still kicking- and trick her into eating ground foods. At the hatchling stage they are very movement-based in their feeding response. If Sai only wants whole-prey right now, there's nothing wrong with feeding a whole-prey diet. Just keep offering different things and eventually she'll get a taste for ground turkey. At Sai's age, my gu's favorites were crickets, hornworms, quail eggs (still a fave), fuzzy mize, 1-day old button quail, and Smelt (little fish).