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He's a year old, but barely grown at all
Hey everyone, great to find a place like this.
So, my Pac-Man (Tucker), is going on about a year old now, and so far he has hardly grown at all.
These two pictures were from when I got him about a year ago. He has grown only a little and is just about the same size today. His color hasn't changed either, and still appears relatively healthy looking. Also, I try not to handle him when I don't need to, so the pic of him on the desk isn't how I typically treat him. Just FYI. All of the dried mealworms were just there in that picture as well, and aren't usually crowding his space.
About his enclosures: He lived in a small cirlce-ish plastic tank with moss and coconut husk for the first 6 months I had him (the thing on the top in the below picture). Recently, I moved him to a larger 10 gallon tank with plantation soil and no moss. The plantation soil is about 2in deep. It is much larger than his previous home, but he still hasn't really grown a lot since. I have a 40 watt light lamp on a timer, and keep it decently humid I did used to have an under tank heater, but I unplugged it a few weeks ago after reading some threads on this forum.
Recently (past month or so), he has gotten into the habit of completely burying himself, sometimes all the way down to the glass bottom. I'm not sure if this is a normal hibernation thing, but I doubt he can dig himself out, and thus cannot eat or stay properly hydrated. I've had to dig around and get him up several times after not seeing him for 5 or more days.
Feeding: He ate mostly crickets at first. I tried to dust calcium dust about twice a week, and they also drink calcium enriched gel chunks. I've recently started him on decent sized mealworms. He isn't usually very successful at eating on his own though. He doesn't go thru the crickets on his own very quickly, and I usually have to feed him myself. The mealworms are in a little dish, but he won't go over and eat them himself because they never seem to disappear while I'm gone. When I do feed him manually however, he will usually chomp lively at them and eat a decent amount.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAIR9...1&feature=plcp
This is him at about 6 months old (still hasn't grown much since then). Pretty adorable if I say so myself, but it's supposed to show how he at least tries to eat sometimes, and isn't very good at it.
TL;DR, two main questions. 1) Is it bad that he isn't eating as much as I would think he should, and thus why he has barely grown? 2) is it okay the he is burying himself so much and so deeply?
Thanks for any help
Mike
