Recent content by Amydaveg

I have been collecting isopods as pets, and my dairy cows seem to reproduce at a ridiculous rate. Are these safe to feed to my adult panther ambilobe cham? It prob will not be a staple food, but they move quickly and I bet he would like the challenge.

They do occasionally make mistakes , but they always make it right. I think they are just growing fast as a company , and are doing their best to keep up. I once ordered fabric lids and they sent plastic (200). They just credited me for the whole order. 90 % of the time they are perfect

I set them up to pupate and feed off as flies over weeks at a time. It's like an auto feeder. Are they not healthy for the cham as part of a mixed insect diet ? He seems to love them. I have the blue bottle flys.

If it ever stops raining in ny, I may have to get some exercise and take a hike. That's a great idea. I dont think they spray in the preserves. There is a guy called gecko supreme on youtube that said he will start selling wood, but nothing on his site yet.

Where do you guys buy rotting wood for isopods? I see a lot of Cholla wood, but is that a good idea? Right now I just have leaf litter and cork, but I cant seem to find where to buy the decaying wood. (They spray where I live so not safe to harvest myself)

You will end up buying a mistking in the end anyway. I started with the others trying to save a few dollars.

I think I just got an email that they will now be charging an additional 2 for winter shipping. I'll order tomorrow and find out. They have always been the most reliable. If not, maybe rainbow mealworms would be another option also.

Try Flukers I have ordered from them many times in the past.

I'm still trying to get my panther to eat them. I have a full throttle feader run, and they just stay at the bottom. He seems to like the CuC beetles that occ get thrown in. I am trying to train him to like them because I cant deal with all the chirping from the banded crickets, or the smell...

Aren't lesser mealworms and buffalo beetles the same? I have read multiple places that they are safe etc. As a CuC. Should I remove them from my colony?

What's wrong with just using a roach chow like the one below, and adding occ fresh greens and water crystals? The my roaches seem to love it also. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112771744561

Got my 1000 from rainbow, and I think there was literally 1 dead. They are all still alive. Never going back to regular crickets , thanks for the advice. Anyone tey gutloading with Roach chowmt dubia love the below chow, and was wondering it anyone used it for cricket gutload...

I just ordered 1000 from rainbow. Wasn't that much more compared to regular crickets. If this fails, I'm dont with crickets. I also tried sprinkling vermiculite on the bottom of the container but didnt seem to help

With shipping I always found Ghanns very expensive. Any other options? I usually order from fluker, but they are regular non branded crickets

I tried them because of the smell issue as well. My problem with branded, is that they seem to chirp at a younger age. Usually I buy at regular crickets at 2-4 weeks old, and they chirp around 6 weeks. Banded seemed to chirp right when I got them. Anyone else notice this. Moved to dubia...