Recent content by Frogeye 1050

Mine took a little while to get going but they are reproducing like nobody's business now. Where are you based as I may have some lobster roaches available?

Someone on RFUK is advertising 100 dubias for £9 + P&P at the moment

Can get them and tropical woodlice here: http://www.vivariumconcepts.com/

I use large chunks of orchid bark, way too big for a cham to ingest. I use the springtails and woodlice as a crossover from my dartfrog keeping and they work really well.

Does anyone else use microfauna (springtails, tropical woodlice) for cage maintenance to clear up waste products, dead food items etc?

I'm in the UK so it works a bit differently. Did school then went on to do a first degree in Zoology and a Masters degree in Marine Environmental Protection. Followed this up with working for conservation organisations and doing voluntary work for conservation groups before moving into...

I am a Senior Ecological Consultant. Basically I spend my summers wandering round fields, buildings and in ponds doing habitat and protected species surveys and Environmental Impact Assessment (specialising in bats and reptiles) and my winters in a nice warm office writing reports and gearing...

Thank you :) I knew i had heard the name but couldn't remember it. Those are definately the chaps in question.

Definately not nematodes, I am a zoologist and know the difference and they were definately fly maggots. Should have taken pics but was too concerned at the time to think of it. Add to that the fact that it was a CB animal and my female was from the same place and kept in the same...

Hi Treelions, you aren't thinking about the wooly worm type things are you (look a bit like ladybird larvae)? If so, these are not the same thing as they are beetle larvae but I can't remember the species. They were definately a species of fly and were in a D. hydeii culture.

Some of you (well 111 of you to be more accurate) will remember my post about my ill cham and maggots in the droppings. https://www.chameleonforums.com/urgent-advice-required-ill-14072/ The cham didn't make it and after my post when he did a dropping on my thumb (urate white, dropping...

Warning about fruit flies EDIT: Supposed to have been new thread. sorry

Thanks for all the no help guys (and a genuine thanks to the people that replied) :rolleyes:

Has anyone tried raising maggots from fishing shops on fruit fly mix to clear their gut of any unpleasant foodstuffs as I have recently brought 2 cultures that also hatched 'normal' flies. I believe that much of the nutrition is lost during pupation so would also be interested in any info on...

If you don't mind me asking, what size and how much is the Terry Thatcher cage costing?