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what size tank crickets

oz196 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:43:12 GMT

I have been buying crickets from a bait shop (100 for $4), but I want to buy in bulk from online. I have a 10 gallon tank is that big enough for 1500 crickets?

thanks

Lucas

RC calcium dust

opal — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:15:50 GMT

The Reptile Channel rewards that you can redeem with points just added up two more items: herptivite and calcium dust with D3. Finally, somthing I can use! I am saving up for the climber's vine right now, but after I get that, I'm getting the herptivite and calcium.

Thinking about gut-loading mealworms...

amberlini95 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:24:02 GMT

Hey!

So I have a leopard gecko that I feed both crickets and mealworms. I gut-load the crickets, but I usually just keep the mealworms in the refrigerator. I am thinking about gut-loading them so they will have a better nutritional value. Any advice? What should I keep them in and do they need a substrate?

Any help is appreciated!

mealworms help

squamata — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:48:31 GMT

I'm going to start a breeding colony of chorus frogs and need to know if theirs any problems with them.

Bearded Dragon Food

Hawk2009 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:22:14 GMT

Do I need to feed my bearded dragons crickets or can I feed them silkworms as their main diet? Then feed them crickets as a snack. They eat a little bit of kale and collard greens but mainly insects.

mealworms help

squamata — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:47:33 GMT

I'm going to start a breeding colony of chorus frogs and need to know if theirs any problems with them.

Should I chop the waxworm's head off?

mississippiensisman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:17:00 GMT

I have heard that you should chop mealie's heads off. Should I do this with waxworms too?

Kidney Beans

hupababy83 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:57:08 GMT

Does anyone know why I shouldn't feed my Uromastyx's, kidney beans? are they toxic to them, or will they just get thunder thighs? I have looked for a reason online but no definition, just "No kidney beans."

I'm tired of being told to feed something then told not to feed it! I want the best diet for these beastie beauty's. any idea's might put my spinning mind at ease.

Cricket Breeding

Kylie2989 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:00:30 GMT

My Mom and I breed crickets, so we dont have to spend so much money on them. I made this topic cause I want to see, HOW many of you breed crickets!

bearded dragons food

diehardLSU — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:14:26 GMT

i feed my bearded dragon crickets, sometimes mealworms and some greens. but i was wondering what other vegetables i can feed him? and also how often should i feed him mealworms?

are your snakes aggressive close to feeding time.

jaredscorns6794 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:14:06 GMT

every week when i go to take one of my female corns out of her cage she always strikes at me. its always a couple days before and after i feed her. if anyone else has this problem let me know.

Anything and Everything

SP — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:08:44 GMT

OK I am Quite curious about the things that you feed your pets and what pets you are feeding, as a general rule most creatures eat more than one thing, so I am wondering specifically how you vary your pets diets. I will post my pet, her name and what she eats, then you all do the same, and we'll see what we come up with, maybe we will all get ideas!

My Pet is a Savannah Monitor named Quest she is a year and a half Female?

Quest eats :

-Adult F/T mice

-Hardboiled Egg whites

-Lots of large crickets

-Big juicy earthworms

-Canned Superworms

-the occasional minnow

-Vitamin suplaments

-Water

-going to start on maybe some poultry soon

Phoenix Worm Breeding

Sethrocksandherpsdotoo — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:45:42 GMT

As some of you know, the main insects of my herps' (With the exception of the red-eyes, they just eat crickets) diets are crickets, phoenix worms, and superworms. I already know how to breed crickets and superworms, and I will begin that soon. But I would like to know if anyone knows how to breed phoenix worms.

SIlkworms

Hawk2009 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:14:11 GMT

Hi I just started raising silkworms 3 weeks and 4 days ago and I have a few questions and concerns.

When I fed them their prepared powdered mulberry food when they were less than 2 weeks old a lot of the worms would get stuck on silk on the old pieces of food and die. I made it a habit to check the worms and transfer them off the food when I could about twice a day. I would roll up little balls of the food and squish them flat and lay them in the container with the silkworms. Is this why the instructions said to grate the food on top of them? What should I do to avoid the high die off rate of them getting stuck to the silk on their food?

How many female moths do you need for each male, with breeding?

I have zebra silkworms and they are supposedly sex limited which means that the females have zebra stripes and the males are pure white, are all of my silkworms like this or just some? (I just have these zebra silkworms). I have noticed that I have about 9/10ths females and 1/10th males.

Also do zebra silkworms molt at all? I have not seen a single skin casing yet and they are over 3 weeks old. Is there any information on how long they are in each instar and how long they spend molting? Is there a growth chart with how big they get during each instar?

I started with 2000 eggs and after 3 weeks of trial and error and getting them onto mulberry leaves I have about 230 left alive. Does anyone have any tips or tricks or anything usefull for raising or breeding these zebra silkworms? All of the links I have found give general information but nothing detailed.

Silkworm Mulberry Chow Manufacturer

Hawk2009 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:11:01 GMT

Hi I am looking for a manufacturer of silkworm chow. I know you can buy it from Coastal Silkworms or Mulberry Farms but I'm looking for who they get it from to see if I can get it at a better price in small quantities and large.

Gut-loading phoenix worms

leogecko — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:20:09 GMT

Does anyone know how to gut-load phoenix worms? I can't find any information on it.

breeding?

pythonman14 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:20:33 GMT

does anyone here have infomation on breeding mediterranean house geckos i can't seem to find any detailed infomation elsewhere so im asking about it here

fluker's stinks!!!!!!

opal — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:27:18 GMT

I bought crickets for my anoles in the beginning of August and the next day left for camp. I asked my mom to set them up in their 5 gallon terrarium before she joined me as a volunteer. The crickets arrived on a Wednesday and we returned that Friday at midnight. I was asleep but my mom found all the crickets dead. We left that Saturday morning at 4:30 AM for vacation and took I took my anoles with me. During vacation we caught crickets to feed them. They were fine.

Being away for almost two weeks, I left the anoles and snakes with her. We finally found time to call Fluker's this week and they told her that there was a 48 hour rule regarding problems. She explained to them our situation and that she understands rules are in place for a reason; however, there are exceptions to every rule. A supervisor named Jackie than began to question my mother and said that if it were her, she would have called while she was on vacation. Hello???? We in VT hiking. I don't have Fluker's number programed into my phone and there is no internet out in the woods!

As it stands, we are out $21 with zero crickets. Now you may be saying, "Well, it's only $21!" My point exactly!!! What's $21 to a big corporation who should do right by their customers, especially when they deliver a poor product. Our first shipment back in July was great but this one stunk! We will never purchase from them again.

FLUKER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE STINKS!!!

red eared slider hatchling diet

raye — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:42:55 GMT

We're currently feeding her REPTOMIN turtle treats and sticks

There are little shrimp/krill treats and the turtle sticks. She doesn't seem to like the pellets all that much. The vet said to try some romaine lettuce but the books say hatchlings are more carnivorous.

Any ideas, also is it better to feed her in a separate tank, and if so how big would it need to be?

deformed rats

opal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:08:07 GMT

I was feeding my California Mountain Kingsnake the other day, when I saw the rat pup I was feeding him had 5 ARMS! Is this normal? -NO-
Are they mass producing them or something? and today while feeding my albino Cornsnake...6 FINGERS. I get them from the same place so it is a specific cause. has anyone else run into this?{should have been in snake stuff}

lobster or dubia

Zoofew — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:52:24 GMT

well i thought it would be more effeceint if i bred my own feeders the buying crickets so i looked around online and roache seem like the easiest but i dont know which one to pick lobsters breed faster but climb glass dubias are more expensive dont breed as fast but they dont climb. also when the babies are born do i have to take them out?

Corn snake feeding

diehardLSU — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:38:15 GMT

I was just wondering if the time of the day matters on when to feed my corn snake. I have only had him for a couple of days and tomorrow is the first time ill feed him. I need some input, thanks

Nasty cricket liquifacation

Sorrak — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:32:55 GMT

I cleaned out my cricket keeper minuets ago and to my utter horror,I discover a smelly brown liquid in the cage with the ocational half crickwet body,the other half a chunkier version of the liquid.They were being liquified.And to more of my horror,my mom told me to clean it out and I had to walk like 50 feet(Which may not seem like much,but to me,it stretched out for miles while I was holding the cricket verison of a slasher movie as far away from my body as possible.I dumped it out and moquitoe larva had actually began living in the liquid!!!!!!!

"How were my crickets liquified?" is my question.Also,has this ever happened to anyone before?Please answer quickly and thanks in advance for your advice.

some roach pictures

pythonman14 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:11:56 GMT

so i decided to post some pictures of my roach colonys

here is my discoid colony

this is my hisser colony

this is part of my lobster roach colony i lost the big picture so here is part of it

and i can answer most any qestion about feeder roaches so feel free to ask

Bamboo in a frog habitat?

froggy5 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:15:39 GMT

I wanted to know if you can put bamboo in a tank with any of the following animals? Will it hurt them especially the aquatic turtle he loves to eat

Aquatic turtle, salamander, white's tree frogs

earht worms in small amounts

Zoofew — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:19:02 GMT

i haver purchased some 2 clawed frogs and i want to find out where i can get some live earth worms in small amounts (25-100) in nyc or in a place in ny i appreciate the help

A Tasty Cake!!!

iguana lover for life — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:23:18 GMT

the description tells all. i need to make a iggy-cake for Treecko for his 6th birthday !!!!!

any ideas or comments welcome..... just keep it nice please

thanks

Small Crickets for Big Lizards?

Grant — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:16:19 GMT

I use small, medium, and large crickets for my reptile collection, but the mediums and larges always grow wings and chirp constantly. Will large lizards show interest in small crickets? Obviously, I will have to feed more crickets then. So anyone have experience with this?

What to Feed a Tiny Toad?

LittleRedToad(: — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:04:20 GMT

What should I feed a tiny toad?
This toad is about the size of a dime.

The best of crickets?

Ushcire — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:39:52 GMT

Having 2 green anoles and a Bearded Dragon whose diet consists mainly of crickets, I always find it hard to keep ordering 18 dollars of crickets in bulks of 500 at Http://www.lllreptile.com/. This forum topic I put up so that people can Identify the best kinds of crickets for the lowest price. So far, after searching around for a bit, I have found relatively inexpensive crickets at Http://www.ghann.com/. Keep posting!

P.S.: This is my first thread.

fruit flies

herpsrule13 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:35:14 GMT

i have sme nice info on culutring fruit flies but if anyuone has some nice caresheets/tips/pointers/advice i'd appreciate it

Best online store to get frozens from?

Fairyofinsanity — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:27:36 GMT

I'm trying to find a good "back up" source. I usually buy at expos for super cheap, but there isn't another around for some time and I'm running low.

Best online source according to price, shipping cost, cleanliness and health of the feeders?

FREE SHIPPING on Frozen Mice & Rats

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Silkworm question

amberlini95 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:03:59 GMT

Ok, so I ordered small sized silkworms from mullberry farms to feed to my adult, 10 1/2 inch leopard gecko. I got a couple medium/ large worms in there (I'm leaning towards large, because they are HUGE!), and I don't think he can eat them. What should I do with them? Should I wait untill they turn into moths and release them? Or can he handle such big silkworms? They just look so big, and I'm worried that he'll become impacted or choke if I feed them. Help is appreciated! Thanks!

my turtle had eggs and i dont know what to do

reesecup135 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:15:05 GMT

the eggs are bigger than grapes and smaller than peaches. my mom said that theirs nothing in them cause they aint been furtalized. i don't no wat to do with them. she said that they have nothin in them like birds or like us girls with their periods.!! comment me back on what they

pheonix worms

fred60655 — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:10:57 GMT

would a baby red eared slider eat pheonix worms?

update

pythonman14 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:39:32 GMT

well i was asked to keep people updated on my shot at breeding superworms also known in the uk as morio worms and mealworms and both are doing good so far i have about 12 superworm beetles and about 30 mealworm pupae or aliens so hopfully with time and patience i will have a bunch of larva

how do i feed a bullfrog?

2manyherps — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:10:06 GMT

I want my bullfrog to be healthy, but she isnt eating the fish in her tank. Where, when, and what do I feed to her?

Malnutritioned Savannah's

hotrodg — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:47:07 GMT

Today I bought two savannah monitors that are really malnutritioned. They were in not very good living conditions either, they had no undercage heater, and the light was burned out. They also had only woodchips as substrate. Why did I buy them you ask? To try to help them and give them a better home. I am experienced with reptiles, and have tried all I can think of. I gave them appetite plus, put them in a cage with crickets, supers, and pinkies. They declined all of them, and though I know it's not good for them I even tried cat food. After leaving them be for a little while they still haven't eaten anything, so I tried to force feed them, but no luck, they REFUSED to open their mouths. I'm trying desperately to save these poor savannah's, whose shed doesn't even look normal, but having no such luck so far.....Does anyone have any suggestions?

Rubber tipped tweezers... (still with good grip?)

Enemy of a Venomous Anenome — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:53:57 GMT

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can get some kind of rubber tipped tweezers (with good grips).

I can't touch worms... can't. So when I feed them to my FBTs I use tweezers... but I'm afraid with how they totally lunge and strike that they might get poked by the tweezers (they are blunt... but still... the frogs are soft and squishy). I also use the tweezers to redirect ( I can touch crickets, but it's hard to manuever my arm in the tank, and the tweezers help me get around stuff, as they are bent at the end) wayward crickets to make sure each frog gets a meal... they're rather essential

If anyone has any links, or knows of anything specifically designed for this purpose, please do tell! Thanks!