About 2 months ago, I had one tiger start refusing worms, or eat them half way, losing interest and then the worm crawling out of his stomach. As a result, he started losing a lot of weight. He did still eat bite-sized crickets, no problem but didn't gorge. So I used crickets to get his weight back up. Now he's eating worms no problem and all is good with him.
In the process, two of my other tigers decided to feast on the sudden cricket abundance, and are now quite portly. I've been trying to get those two tigers to lose some of the weight now, but it seems to be ineffective. I was wondering what is the best approach.
-Currently, I'm feeding them at the same interval, but feeding smaller worms than I normally would. (Reduce portions diet).
-I can also see feeding them less often, but normal portions (Starvation diet).
Perhaps 3 weeks is not long enough to see an effect, but I was wondering if one way is better than the other for the health of the animal/achieving the desired results.
In the process, two of my other tigers decided to feast on the sudden cricket abundance, and are now quite portly. I've been trying to get those two tigers to lose some of the weight now, but it seems to be ineffective. I was wondering what is the best approach.
-Currently, I'm feeding them at the same interval, but feeding smaller worms than I normally would. (Reduce portions diet).
-I can also see feeding them less often, but normal portions (Starvation diet).
Perhaps 3 weeks is not long enough to see an effect, but I was wondering if one way is better than the other for the health of the animal/achieving the desired results.
