In Reply to: Fat Glider posted by Dave in Ohio on July 27, 2000 at 09:43:02:

Dave what does their diet look like? I have two males (brothers), and have tried the two dish routine and they still fight over the food (not the Leadbeaters, but the other food I put in with them). I have resorted to using a long flat dish that I place their fruit or whatever in and I use another bowl for Leadbeaters. I also have them on a 4 day rotation diet, so they are getting different foods everynight along with the Leadbeaters, and almost no nuts. I feed bugs as treats, but save nuts and critter cookies for the "special treat".If you want I can send you a copy of the rotation diet. Some disagree on it, but I like the idea that I'm giving them something different every night with the Leadbeater's, and they are use to this way of eating now. It's a bit of a pain in the begining, but once you get the idea it's fine. Good luck.

: I have a male and female pair in my office at home. They have two dishes of food so that they don't fight over food. Taz was a very aggressive guy a year ago so he was separated from my others. I recently added the female and they seem to get along well.
: My problem is that Taz is getting very fat. If I limit the food, Emma will get none. She is very timid and will not compete with Taz over food, i.e. the two bowls. I've put her in the cage first at night to eat but she picks at her food whereas Taz perches on the bowl and eats away. I could go to 2 cages but I don't want to separate them all night since they wakeup/eat at about 11:30pm and through the night. I could separate at night and reunite in the morning but...

: Any ideas on how to slim him down w/o starving her?

: Dave

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