Posted By: cmfray
Questions about following Critter Love diet exactly as written - 09/28/17 04:38 PM
newbie here.
I currently feed (I should say offer) Gizmo the Critter Love complete mix (1 tablespoon after mixing with water), one of the Critter Love dried salad mixes (also mixed with water) that came with the starter set and Happy Glider pellets. For treats I have been offering him flavored yogurt (he loves) and various baby food fruits (hit and miss) and baby food sweet potatoes (often likes) on my finger. I recently purchased yogurt drops, island blend dried fruit pieces, and dried calci-worms from Exotic Nutrition.
He eats the Critter Love complete mix in varying amounts - sometimes barely touches it, other times about half of it, once in a while most of it. He does not seem to like this particular salad mix at all. I have thrown most, if not all, of it away. Because he won't eat the salad mix - I have been trying to offer a few small pieces of different fruits and vegetables, and different forms of them, fresh, frozen, pureed, etc. along with the salad mix. So far the only thing he will consistently eat is tomatoes (loves them). I also keep a bowl of Happy Glider pellets in the cage at all times and just started to mix it with Exotic Nutrition Complete pellets (which has dried fruit in it). He eats a few pellets now and then but not often, mostly picks out some of the dried pieces of fruit.
I have thrown so much food away its not funny. He likes licking flavored yogurt and the baby food sweet potatoes off my fingers, but I don't offer a lot of it. A couple of fingers during the day and a couple of fingers at night playtime. Just got some yogurt drops, dried fruit treats,and dried calci-worms. He seemed to love the fruit treats at first - then stopped taking them. On the other hand, he didn't like the yogurt treats at first - now loves them, and will not touch the dried calci-worms. He is starting to remind me of my children when they were toddlers. lol The only foods he will eat every time I offer it are the flavored yogurt, bits of tomatoes, and the Critter Love complete mix. He has even turned his nose up at corn, believe it or not.
So after all that - here are my questions (finally).
From what I have read about the Critter Love diet - and actually all of the other diets, its important to pick one and stick with it - following the diet exactly as told to.
1. If he consistently won't eat all of the foods in the salad mix - how important is it to follow the salad mixes recipes exactly as written?
2. Can I simply offer him a variety of fruits and vegetables instead, making sure he has a few of the ones I know there is a good chance he will eat and also offering others to keep giving him a chance to try them?
3. Exotic Nutrition also offers a HPW powder formula. What is the difference between it and the Critter Love Complete formula?
4. Do I need to try to give him Vitamins/Calcium supplements on a regular basis?
5. How about pro-biotics yogurt - good idea or bad one?
Feel free to offer any other advice or suggestions that you think would be helpful to me concerning his picky eating habits.
Thanks!
I currently feed (I should say offer) Gizmo the Critter Love complete mix (1 tablespoon after mixing with water), one of the Critter Love dried salad mixes (also mixed with water) that came with the starter set and Happy Glider pellets. For treats I have been offering him flavored yogurt (he loves) and various baby food fruits (hit and miss) and baby food sweet potatoes (often likes) on my finger. I recently purchased yogurt drops, island blend dried fruit pieces, and dried calci-worms from Exotic Nutrition.
He eats the Critter Love complete mix in varying amounts - sometimes barely touches it, other times about half of it, once in a while most of it. He does not seem to like this particular salad mix at all. I have thrown most, if not all, of it away. Because he won't eat the salad mix - I have been trying to offer a few small pieces of different fruits and vegetables, and different forms of them, fresh, frozen, pureed, etc. along with the salad mix. So far the only thing he will consistently eat is tomatoes (loves them). I also keep a bowl of Happy Glider pellets in the cage at all times and just started to mix it with Exotic Nutrition Complete pellets (which has dried fruit in it). He eats a few pellets now and then but not often, mostly picks out some of the dried pieces of fruit.
I have thrown so much food away its not funny. He likes licking flavored yogurt and the baby food sweet potatoes off my fingers, but I don't offer a lot of it. A couple of fingers during the day and a couple of fingers at night playtime. Just got some yogurt drops, dried fruit treats,and dried calci-worms. He seemed to love the fruit treats at first - then stopped taking them. On the other hand, he didn't like the yogurt treats at first - now loves them, and will not touch the dried calci-worms. He is starting to remind me of my children when they were toddlers. lol The only foods he will eat every time I offer it are the flavored yogurt, bits of tomatoes, and the Critter Love complete mix. He has even turned his nose up at corn, believe it or not.
So after all that - here are my questions (finally).
From what I have read about the Critter Love diet - and actually all of the other diets, its important to pick one and stick with it - following the diet exactly as told to.
1. If he consistently won't eat all of the foods in the salad mix - how important is it to follow the salad mixes recipes exactly as written?
2. Can I simply offer him a variety of fruits and vegetables instead, making sure he has a few of the ones I know there is a good chance he will eat and also offering others to keep giving him a chance to try them?
3. Exotic Nutrition also offers a HPW powder formula. What is the difference between it and the Critter Love Complete formula?
4. Do I need to try to give him Vitamins/Calcium supplements on a regular basis?
5. How about pro-biotics yogurt - good idea or bad one?
Feel free to offer any other advice or suggestions that you think would be helpful to me concerning his picky eating habits.
Thanks!