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Posted 9/29/2008 8:27:58 PM


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I meant 'why did it bite me', not 'do they bite herps'!

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Posted 9/29/2008 8:31:07 PM


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I've had crickets bite me before. I think they know they're going to be food lol I've never had wax worms though. My pet store dosen't sell them

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Posted 10/13/2008 4:44:40 PM


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That is strange. Before my beloved fire-bellied toad passed away (R.I.P. Salsa!!) I fed him a couple of waxworms. And I would always find him

A. Swimming in his pond

B.Climbing and walking around

C.Hiding in his in homemade coconut hut, and coming out eventually.

the next day. It could be that superworms are very active, which entices my beardie and turtle. Maybe if they're hungry they try to chew through. Or it could be that an amphibians digestive system isn't as tough as an omnivore's. (plant matter is harder to digest than animals) Anyway, that waxworm probably bit you because it was scared. Probably a survival tactic.

My herps:

1.0.0 2 year old Inland Bearded Dragon (Jack) LN: Pogona Vitticeps

1.0.0. 8 year old Red-Eared Slider (Sam) LN: Trachemys Scripta Elegans

0.0.4 few month old Red-Eyed Tree Frogs LN: Agalychnis Callidryas

0.0.1 Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Mango) LN: Phelsuma Madagascarensis Grandis

COMING SOON: Desert banded black and white California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis Getula Californiae) OR Mexican Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis Getula Nigrita) MY FIRST SNAKE!!!!!! In a 40 gallon tank in Seth's home sometime in Summer 2009!

My random pets:

1.0.0. Australian Shepherd/Choco lab mix (family's)
1.0.0. Mini schnauzer (family's)
1.0.0. Guinea Pig (brother's)
1.0.0. Domestic Short Hair (mine)

Steve Irwin Rocks!!! He will be missed. (I hope.)

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Posted 11/28/2008 2:43:51 PM
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I have been bitten by crickets and mealworms, but never waxworms- only because the pet store's are always dead!
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