Will a Jardini starve itself to death?

[Yogie]

Hello everyone,

I'm having trouble feeding my jardini. It's about 7in and will only eat beef heart and blood worms, but only a little at a time.
I've tried pellets and it just ignores them, occasionally tasting one but spitting it out.

Will it not eat to the extent it dies?


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[Rome]

How long since it ate? I wouldn't worry unless it's over 1-2 weeks


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[Yogie]

It's eats the blood worm and beef heart every now and then.

Just getting worried because its starting to look very skinny.


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[ExoticGREEN]

It's eats the blood worm and beef heart every now and then.

Just getting worried because its starting to look very skinny.


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you gotta starve it longer, I didnt feed mine for 2weeks(when I first got it ate silversides), after that he ate pellets. but once you get it on pellets keep away from the frozen food for a while. mine did the same, it just tasted them then just spit them

 

[drdrewr]

How long have you had this Jardini?

 

[RedBull]

Find his interest..try couple quarantined live fishes, if still no go, try live crickets.


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[Yogie]

How long have you had this Jardini?

About a month now.


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[Yogie]

you gotta starve it longer, I didnt feed mine for 2weeks(when I first got it ate silversides), after that he ate pellets. but once you get it on pellets keep away from the frozen food for a while. mine did the same, it just tasted them then just spit them

Ok I'll give it a try but just don't want it to die from being a stubborn jar...


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[drdrewr]

Ok, he is "new". For pellets, you can try soaking them in an additive such as garlic guard. It not only make the pellets more enticing for the Jar, but, it will also soften them up so that they will be more readily consumable for him. It is worth a try.

 

[Raleej337]

I have the same problem when I first got mine, it only eat bloodworms. For the first few months I feed mine bloodworms and crickets. Then from crickets to roaches (i breed my roaches) thenone day it started eating shrimp. From thenon I feed mine market shrimp stuffed with pellets. I've have my jardini for a year now and it's doing great.