Blue Tree Monitor feeding.

[brooklynboy521]

I am having a problem with one of my Blue Trees. She refuses to eat anything except for rodents. I have offered her Dubia roaches, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Crickets, Grasshopper, Superworms, and Mealworms. All she will eat is rodents. She has been like this since i got her a couple months ago.

Anybody have tips on getting her to eat? I made sure the temps and humidity were good so its not husbandry. Can she just be a picky eater?

 

[Wiggles92]

Scent the invertebrates with a mouse?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Ahh....expensive tastes! Sounds like she got a little too addicted to mice and not inverts when she was young. You can try scenting the insects like Wigggles said but you might have to starve her for a few days fo see if that sparks her interest.


I just saw your ad on Fauna.....didn't know you had a pair of blues. Lucky guy!

 

[A. gigas]

Get her riled up with a rodent, and shove a roach in her face. Once you've switched on a food response it can be hard to turn off.

 

[brooklynboy521]

I will try the scenting with mice and what Sean said. I hope she takes it, because I don't want to feed all rodents.

 

[coreyweinkoetz]

try an anole or baby bird I bet he'd love a clutch of baby birds
otherwise use rodent bedding to scent the other insects with.