Amount to feed robo's

$hAzZa · 05-09-2011, 12:02 PM

Unsure how much I should be feeding my 3 robo's. Should a handful daily be plenty for them? I scatter feed them x

Gizmodo ^_^ · 05-09-2011, 12:04 PM

Yes i think a handful should be fine for your robo's, great that your scatter feeding them

$hAzZa · 05-09-2011, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Gizmodo ^_^

Yes i think a handful should be fine for your robo's, great that your scatter feeding them

I haven't normally scatter fed my syrians, but with 3 sharing the cage I thought I'd better to stop squabbling

Thats good then, was afraid I was underfeeding them

x

**Hope** · 05-09-2011, 12:21 PM

Yeah that should be fine

I used to scatter feed mine and I awlays worried that they were underfed as the food tends to sink to the bottom, but I tihnk they quite enjoy nosing about for snacks!

**Hamtastic** · 05-09-2011, 01:01 PM

My robos have a very flat dish in which they can both easily fit with some room remaining. This prevents any food squabbles (not that I've ever seen them have any), as they can easily sit side by side and nom seeds freely. I have the same dish for Lucy now. It's actually a 4" ceramic flower pot dish that comes in lots of colors, such as these:

shape:

I'd get a 5" dish like this for 3 robos.

$hAzZa · 05-09-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamtastic

My robos have a very flat dish in which they can both easily fit with some room remaining. This prevents any food squabbles (not that I've ever seen them have any), as they can easily sit side by side and nom seeds freely. I have the same dish for Lucy now. It's actually a 4" ceramic flower pot dish that comes in lots of colors, such as these:

Nice, do you know where you got a picture of those ones from? Would love one like that x

**Hamtastic** · 05-09-2011, 01:15 PM

These are sold in the U.S. and are in a category of ceramic plant pot saucers. These particular ones are by a brand Norcal:
Norcal 4 in. Ceramic Electric Saucer Assortment - 100019786 at The Home Depot
which makes them in different sizes.

I don't think these are available in the U.K., but you can check your garden stores for similar pot saucers. There are many that are flat with low edges for easy robo climbing.
ceramic flower pot saucer - Google Search

P.S.: I would only get glazed ceramic saucers for the ease of cleaning (as robos do pee on their food periodically...) and not the plain terracotta kind.

$hAzZa · 05-09-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamtastic

These are sold in the U.S. and are in a category of ceramic plant pot saucers. These particular ones are by a brand Norcal:
Norcal 4 in. Ceramic Electric Saucer Assortment - 100019786 at The Home Depot
which makes them in different sizes.

I don't think these are available in the U.K., but you can check your garden stores for similar pot saucers. There are many that are flat with low edges for easy robo climbing.
ceramic flower pot saucer - Google Search

P.S.: I would only get glazed ceramic saucers for the ease of cleaning (as robos do pee on their food periodically...) and not the plain terracotta kind.

Glad you mentioned that, was looking at the terracotta ones we have in the garden which arent no good so will pop in B&Q sometime this week
Thanks! x

SnickersTheFirst · 05-09-2011, 01:38 PM

I feed a teaspoon a day to my dwarfies, so with 3 of them it probably would work out as a small handful anyway.

$hAzZa · 05-09-2011, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SnickersTheFirst

I feed a teaspoon a day to my dwarfies, so with 3 of them it probably would work out as a small handful anyway.

Makes perfect sense to me

thanks guys x