Worried about BBWT!

[clownonfire]

Hi all, I hope you can help. I picked up my BBWT (Helmsley) last friday and I've not yet seen him eat. I think it's a male, the reptile shop I got him from didn't really have much of a knowledge base. The problem I have is that my fruit fly cultures have been delayed so I've just been leaving tiny crickets in with him. But like I said, I've not seen him eat and he's really skinny. I was just wondering if there was anything else I could try him with in the meantime. I live in the UK so was wondering if he'd be ok with common UK ants, or if they could damage him by nibbling. I hope someone can give me some pointers, it's my first BBWT. I've had Fire-Bellied's in the past and I've got a gecko at the moment but this little guy is really concerning me! I can upload pictures or additional info if that helps. Thanks for your time!

Fruit flies will be his main diet. And pinhead crickets will be great until your FF culture arrives. Pinheads though will like to hide in the substrate. So put the pinheads in a dish where it will be easier for you BBWT to get to them. You could always put your bbwt in a small feeding tank if you want to make sure it eats. Or close one part of your tank to make the area covered less of a large one for it to get to the crickets.