Print this week's schedule. Tape it inside the keeping room cabinet door so you do not have to open your phone to check.
A typical grow-out week for a juvenile panther.
The schedule we run on a four-to-ten-month male: feeders three days, calcium five, multivitamin once, and a rest day to keep gut transit clean.
Most grow-out weeks look the same here for a reason. The animal is still calibrating its metabolism and the keeper needs a routine boring enough to be reliable. Three feeding days carries the calorie load, two non-feeding days protect against obesity, and the supplement rotation stays staggered so nothing stacks.
Print the table below or save it to your phone's lock screen. Wednesday at noon is when most weeks start to drift; that is when re-reading earns its keep.
DSQUARED Reptiles — Living Art. Curated Genetics.
From the field notes archive.
The morning baseline photograph.
A single weekly photo, taken at the same hour and angle, will tell you more about your care than any forum thread ever could.
Tightening screen tension on a year-old cage.
After twelve months of misting cycles and live plant weight, screen panels sag in ways that quietly compromise climbing surfaces.
A 72-hour gutload window for dubia roaches.
Dubia gutloads peak somewhere between 48 and 72 hours after the colony moves onto a fresh diet. Here's the schedule we run.