jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
While I'm positive this is covered in the reference section, I'm always curious of "real world" experiences. Besides, folks like telling others how they've accomplished a certain goal, it's part of the fun of life.
Anyway I have been trying to encourage Matilda to seek out and search for food in her home when hungry. Since I cannot communicate with her, my only method is to withhold food.
Then it dawned on me...duh, "what exactly is she looking for in her newly constructed home?" We all know the deal, her new home has newly planted grass/plants & new water supply.....there is no biosphere going on in there yet...if she even found a bug, she'd be lucky...lol. So yesterday I brought up probably 30 worms from her basement cooler and let them go in the plants her home. I have enriched the soil to ensure plant growth so they might like it. I have a couple hundred more to go in but before I "shot my wad" so to speak, I wanted to ask you guys, how to do you get a continuous food supply going? A complete ecosystem?
I've seen some really remarkable enclosures and after seeing them. Well, I get paid to guess for a living and my guess is those keepers are not doing "feedings" very often, probably more as "supplemental"
thanks guys...
Anyway I have been trying to encourage Matilda to seek out and search for food in her home when hungry. Since I cannot communicate with her, my only method is to withhold food.
Then it dawned on me...duh, "what exactly is she looking for in her newly constructed home?" We all know the deal, her new home has newly planted grass/plants & new water supply.....there is no biosphere going on in there yet...if she even found a bug, she'd be lucky...lol. So yesterday I brought up probably 30 worms from her basement cooler and let them go in the plants her home. I have enriched the soil to ensure plant growth so they might like it. I have a couple hundred more to go in but before I "shot my wad" so to speak, I wanted to ask you guys, how to do you get a continuous food supply going? A complete ecosystem?
I've seen some really remarkable enclosures and after seeing them. Well, I get paid to guess for a living and my guess is those keepers are not doing "feedings" very often, probably more as "supplemental"
thanks guys...