Ethmostigmus rubripes platycephalus feeding tips

[The Pnigomantis Keeper]

So I have a 9-inch Erp. At first, Ie although it moved as slowly as a caterpillar, it at least is a good eater. Turned out it's probably just that the guys at UG reptiles did not feed it for a long time before sending it to me. In September when I first got it, I fed it a mixed diet of dubia, wild-caught grasshoppers, and pre-killed spiders, and it seems to take these well and even runs them down sometimes. Now the only food I can give it is dubia, and it acts like they don't exist and haven't been eating properly (not even pre-killed ones right by the mouth).

I have discussed this with a friend, and we have concluded that judging by Erp's arboreal nature, really clumsy build, tough exoskeleton, and extremely powerful forcipules and chewing ability of this species, their diet might originally consist of a lot of juvenile birds and other juvenile arboreal vertebrates. So now I'm not sure what my next batch of feeders should be for this pede. What has worked best for yall in getting your Erp hunting and eating? Or is it just that a 9-inch Erp is already well above adulthood and is just gonna act lazy like this for the rest of its life?

 

[scolopender21]

A lot of wild caught pedes act this way, and it will either get worse or they recover just fine.
As long as its condition isn't worsening, getting skinnier, mycosis and all the other bad things
No, its not just bored of its prey items, as long as it is fairly chunky it should come in straight for a molt.
Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I had one of these suckers take four months to finally molt out.
Also, don't stress they Really don't need to eat as often as you would think, it is an fairly old pede
Good luck!

 

[paumotu]

Ethmostigmus is known to go on long hunger strikes, I would not be too concerned unless the pede starts to become sluggish/unresponsive.