Boyd's Forest dragon - enclosure pics please!!

[deathinfire]

Pete from canberraexotics has an amazing enclosure for his boyds, u should pop them an email and ask for an image of it. Its by far the best enclosure for a boyds that Ive seen and it gives some of the zoos a run for its money IMO

 

[Southside Morelia]

Saz or Fishead or anyone for that matter, I don't want to hijack the thread BUT....
I have 2 Boyds's 4 months old that I recently purchased, how do you guys feed yours?
I have a small bowl (shallowish bonsai plant type) with fluon painted around the top to stop the roaches & crickets from escaping, I got this idea from the breeder who has a similar setup, I am a tad concerned that they are not feeding, do you guys think they will get accustomed to this setup and feed from the bowl when hungry.
Any tips would be fantastic, as most of us we want to be sure our little guys are feeding enough.
Cheers
Scott.

 

[Saz]

Due to crickets hiding and laying eggs in the substratre, I remove my pair from the enclosure to feed, but they are adults.

Haven't yet kept Boyd's hatchies, but I have kept angle hatchies, and there's no way they would have eaten roaches out of a bowl as they are a little shy and finicky at that age.

I kept my angles on no substrate until they were a year old, and fed them in their enclosure, removing any uneaten crickets after 30 mins.

 

[Magpie]

My angleheads always ate out of a bowl, and were breeding by 12 months old. However, if they are not eating, you will need to try something else. My boydii do prefer food that is running around, but will take crickets from the bowl too. Mine do have a strong preference for crickets over woodies though. You could always drop some chopped earthworm into the bowl, they go nuts over it in my experience.

 

[Southside Morelia]

My angleheads always ate out of a bowl, and were breeding by 12 months old. However, if they are not eating, you will need to try something else. My boydii do prefer food that is running around, but will take crickets from the bowl too. Mine do have a strong preference for crickets over woodies though. You could always drop some chopped earthworm into the bowl, they go nuts over it in my experience.

Thanks Magpie,
I offer the crickets running around as well, so they may they are getting some feed from them, but being a new dad to this species I am a little paranoid!. When I count the roaches in the bowl it seems that they are not feeding on them I would have thought these would be preferencial over the crickets.
I do have angles as well and always feed them out of their enclosure , but I found when trying the same with the Boydii they wanted top leap out all the time and did not feed at all. It may be what they have been accustomed to so far.
I'll try the earth worms.
Cheers mate...
Scott.

 

[Saz]

My adult boydii will not eat roaches, they will only eat crickets. I'd suggest trying them with crickets. Take the substrate our of their tub/enclosure, and feed them in their enclosure, removing any uneaten crix regularly.

 

[Renagade]

I was also wondering how much???? and what time of year hatchies are usually due for sale? has any one got pics of hatchies?