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Fascinating lol just read thru that whole thread. If you wouldn't mind posting some updated pictures of all the feeder breedings you got going on that would be awesome

I often lose crickets to this recent heat wave and all my adults are dying... I have constantly tried and tried to breed them but I have no luck! How do you magic users breed your crickets in this heat? They are my chameleon's main food source and even though he may enjoy a dubia or two, he...

Hello One of my chameleons died not sure why? Any idea from the pictures why? I fed him with crickets and sometimes grass hoppers from my back yard.

Yeah…I feed my crickets similarly. I get/keep usually 1,000 per lg bin. For about a year I was buying from a mom & pop pet store to do my bit to support local small business. But they had domestic crickets and no matter what I did, more than half of them would die. Every 2 weeks I was buying...

I like banded crickets as well. Cricket life cycle is 90 days. It’s. True heat does make them grow faster. But you need heat at the egg to small size or they will die during the winter. Thats why I have a separate nursery where I put the container with the soil and eggs for them to hatch and get...

Hi im Ethan I recently bought a 3/4 month closer to 4 months old panther chameleon on sunday from a reptile expo. I have a 2x2x4 cage and plenty of live plants everything you'd need for the perfect home. The only issue is this little guy hasn't ate since bringing home. Idk how to introduce food...

I buy 50 crickets weekly and keep them in a clean black bucket under my grasshopper enclosures with no lid. The bucket is new so the sides are smooth. They can’t climb or jump out. And it’s really dark under there. I just toss them in the bucket and give them food. They have no cardboard...

I keep my crickets in a 20 gallon fish tank. I put in egg cartons for them to hide in and stuff. They love them. I feed them leafy greens like normal and yeah. Also make sure to add water to water bottle caps. They love it. If you have a big enough tank with food and water, you could possibly...

i 100% feel you on spending money for feeders that might arrive dead, i live in Oregon and the winter has definitely affected shipping times and bug health.

Ask away!!! Here is a photo of a smaller bin that I use as well ( forgot I had it lol) this bin easily holds 100 crickets and I get very little die off! I bought dairy cow isopods from a reptile store. You can use any isopods, but best to get ones that are hardy and can live in dry areas (...

You said..”When I feed him super worms or crickets sometimes he gets some of his soil or mulch in his mouth too stuck on his tongue and eats it,”…this is a problem…he could quickly become impacted and die. You need to get rid of the mulch and get a proper substrate set up. A bare floor in the...

Cricket keepers are great in theory, but most crickets, especially the domestic ones don’t last long in it. There’s not enough ventilation for them. Instead, get a medium sized plastic bin with a lid…one that will be too big for just a couple of dozen crickets. For best ventilation, cut out some...

Pinworms and Roundworms are easily treated with Fenbendazole (AKA Panacur) or Pyrantel Pamoate (has the same end result). These are very safe drugs and, usually, are two or three doses. It can be challenging getting your chameleon to open their mouth, but they usually start by opening their...

Sometimes if I want to quickly hydrate him between mistings I’ll spray water onto a leaf near his mouth, and today he has been too fatigued to travel to the dripping leaves, so I sprayed leaves/objects near his mouth, and around his mouth, and he was lapping it up. He has been unusually thirsty...

Hi. So there are a couple of things that I’ve found that result in stinky and dead crickets. I use large storage bins to keep my 500-1000 crickets and I have vented them on the top and sides. They really need excellent ventilation as the gases from their poop and dead will kill them. The other...

Well, first of all, do you know what kind of crickets you’ve been getting? Generally pet stores sell the domestic variety, which will die if you look at them the wrong way. Banded crickets are much hardier, but you’ll probably need to order them on line. *look into variety packs from some of the...

IME you end up paying more for cheaper crickets as they die and aren’t taken care of as well. Like I saved money when I bought from ghanns and never had a single crickets die versus other vendors that were cheaper, but died off in less than half the time.

Hello all. SWFL Cham family here. We have 6 Veiled Chams (2 girls and 4 boys). We also have other cricket loving animals, that is why we get 1000 every 2 weeks. We are looking for ideas on how to keep large amounts of crickets. With the heat down here, we typically keep them in the lanai. We...

I’ve had my little bev since may 4th 2021. she’s been doing great after i learned a lot about raising chameleons. she’s been eating 2-3xs a week. we feed her crickets, and super worms. we dust her crickets with calcium powder probably 1x to 2xs a month. we buy her crickets through flukers farms...

So.. I feed my boy his crickets everyday. I've had the occasional cricket jump out when I opened their tub, but have never had a problem because they always end up dead. Though tonight I come home late and there is a LOUD chirping from behind my fridge... like incredibly loud.. Is there a way I...