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Frilledup
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Eating habbits 
I just got my frilled recently and he doesn’t seem to be pigging out like I heard they usually do. I’ve got a fecal exam done and everything is good. I have a big enclosure for him with a basking spot at 100F. I have been putting food in and leaving it in there for him. He doesn’t seem to be interested in the food even if I put the dish nfront of him. I’ve been misting daily and he seems to like that most of the time. I still can’t handle him though. Any suggestions????
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06/20/08 12:52am
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#1767097
MegophryidaeMan
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Message To: Frilledup In reference to Message Id: 1767093
Eating habbits
I had to do a few things to get my frilled to eat. Initially, he wouldn’t eat if the food was loose. Then when I put it in a bowl, he showed more interest. He still wouldn’t come down off the branches to eat, so I got a parrot food dish and attached it to the branches. He eats out of it without a problem. I have even seen him attack food that got out and loose on the floor.
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06/20/08 12:56am
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#1767113
Leefromhullengland
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Message To: MegophryidaeMan In reference to Message Id: 1767097
Eating habbits
i would not worry to much about it if vets is fine and he is not thin and hydrated mine dont pig out but there healthy and they have been the same way for 4 years my beardies eat twice as much as frillies
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06/20/08 01:24am
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#1769095
Chippychop
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Message To: Leefromhullengland In reference to Message Id: 1767113
 Eating habbits
this is interesting/?????? my frilly has a small dish thats 5’’ wide/3’’deep/and 5’’ long/he for some reason likes to eat off the bottom of the cage/and most of the time he won’t eat untill no one is looking ////in fact at first I couldn’t get him to eat at all///so what I did was put a blanket over the whole cage to give him total isolation/and I did this for most of the day /and then started taking the blanket off and exposing him to the outside world little bits at a time/so it might be a simple stress problem or your frilly might just be shy and not like to be seen eating/so you might try total isolation and see if it’s a stress related problem//also what exactly are you feeding your frilly/mine loves things that move like mice or lizards :however he started out on mealworms ///thank God now he eats just about everything I give him and sometimes even eats from my hand ///but thats only if he hasn’t pigged out prior to me hand feeding him/heres my list of food choices ///crickets mealworms pinkies small lizards //baby beardies are the natural diet but they get expensive so to replace the nutritious value I’ve added lace wing bugs to the diet my frilly loves butterflies and moths //and they are a great sorce of protein be sure of a couple things frillies need to get a sufficiant amont of vitamin D and K /this comes from two things /the sun or full spectrum lighting /and calcium dusting//hope this helps it just a couple things that I had to do believe me at first I was scared I’ld have to force feed /but thanks to the total isolation trick things worked out really great /and now days my frilly is confident enough to eat just about anything he can get his mouth around/including a crawfish(but i wouldn’t recomend it)hope thyis info helps! Chip!
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06/21/08 10:29pm
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