Today was a pretty big day for this little fella. I went to the pet store to get some more crickets for him to eat, and instead of getting the normal 30 medium crickets, I got 5 large crickets as well.
Earlier in the morning, he was roaming around his enclosure near the bottom, and he normally does this when he is looking for food, so I knew he was hungry, so I figured this would be the perfect time to dump the 5 large crickets in there and see if he will get the courage to eat them.
For the first 20 minutes or so, he just sat at the top watching the movement below him, but then one of the crickets started to climb up the side and get closer to him. Now this would be the moment of truth to see if he eats them or not. When he is getting ready to eat, he won't do it if I am anywhere near his cage, so I needed to get towards the opposite side of the room, where it was a bit harder to see me and then hold still.
Well, it worked and he started tracking the cricket with all of his attention and then he shot his tongue out and snatched him up. Normally when he catches his food, it goes in his mouth all in one bite, but he wasn't able to get the whole cricket in one bite. Instead, it was hanging halfway out of his mouth and it took him about three bites to get it all in there. But he did it and showed himself that he could. It didn't take long for him to get the rest of the larger crickets either.
Now that he is eating the large crickets, I think that he might really start growing like crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if he was going to get ready to shed again sometime this month. I can't wait until he is full grown. I am going to have to rearrange his whole enclosure when he is and get some more of the heavy duty vines and branches cause he is going to get pretty big now.
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