Recent content by hilizanne

I order at least once a month from Josh’s for the past 2 years and pay for overnight shipping almost every time, because the crickets live longer when I do that. My most recent order arrived yesterday. I also sometimes order fruit flies, substrate, media, and of course many types of worms. I...

Hi. I have the recipe for preparation of gutload and most of the ingredients. But how in the world do you prepare all of this in a coffee grinder? I am confused, because 3 cups of alfalfa are not even fitting into a blender, and a coffee bean grinder is so much smaller. There probably is an easy...

My guy is back to normal, although he is a bit spoiled to hand feeding of the worms. He has no problem taking them directly from my hand. He is really tame. He has no problem finding food ( he hunts crickets like an expert) or water now. He has finished his antibiotic injections and his behavior...

He is doing pretty good. He drinks well. He is back to wanting me to drop the water in his mouth like he used to. He moves around during the day but he isn’t extremely active (but he never was). I feed him every 2-3 days. He is unable to hit the food with his tongue. He always comes out about 1...

He is still needing force feeding but drinks on his own. Here he is yesterday. I am not sure his right eye will ever recover. He seems to use it normally but it doesn’t look normal.

I would try other hardware stores or online, because there are 2'x2' pans out there. Its a pretty tight fit, though.

I have a drainage pain for a dishwasher under one of mine and a black pan that usually inserts into a dog kennel under the other. I got the black pan at Tractor Supply. I have seen black dishwasher pans at other hardware stores before and they look a little better. Both are much bigger than the...

He drank water! Yay! He will have another worm challenge later. Maybe his tongue will work better.

He tried to eat a worm! But his tongue only made it out about 2 inches. Then he acted like he was just going to bite the worm. I kind of stuck the worm on his tongue tip when he stuck it out. He ate 4 this way. His eye movements seem normal although his right eye is so recessed. I am not sure...

In the past he did drink during mistings and even wanted water from the hand mister. I have yet to see him drinking now, though. I showed him food for awhile today. He actually turned his head and opened his mouth like he was thinking about eating a silkworm, but then he looked at me and...

No confusion. Stress was pretty much at max capacity before I even posted. The only thing that upset me was the suggestion that I needed to surrender him made by another member. I’m sure that was meant to be helpful as well. Thanks for all of your help. I will keep working with him. He is...

I am still hoping he will recover. It took months for him to get this sick and I guess it will take patience to give him a chance to recover. Thanks for the encouragement. Very much appreciated.

Yes. And lovely for having a worm-gut splash all over your shirt. It’s amazing the things I can get used to.

He has had that Gular edema for over a year—a lot longer than he has been sick. Just FYI.

Ok thank you. I will watch him closely and quit force watering him I guess. I should have silk worms by tomorrow. He has had a whole bunch of hornworms.