How often to feed a nile?

Yungair23 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 02:14 PM

How much should i feed my young nile he eats anything all the time. He is 18" and i am planning to order 100 fuzzies. I dont know how many a week i should feed him. One every other day i was considering. Im not too sure on this.

nomadbean · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 03:22 PM

A dozen or more Crickets everyday, and a few mice 2-3 times a week. The catching crickets set loose in his cage will keep him busy and engaged so he is just not sitting in his cage bored all day. The motto for Monitors is Keep them hot and feed them alot. They are not like gold fish they will not eat if they are not hungry. But juveniles are insectivores mostly and switch over to birds and mammals as they age. I have heard some people toss a salad with fruit & greens for their monitors a few times a month for variety, mine are never interested except the crickets go for it and then they eat them. Good luck.
Trina
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