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thanks for the info. What species are non-diapausing? What temp do you incubate at? How long do you think I'd need to incubate before starting diapause? Thanks so much!

Hi, sorry, I'm currently out of town for the next week but I basically have a sterilite bin like you do and I just hang my CHE fixture above by about 4 inches or so. @snitz427 had a nice set up for her bugs where she uses metal vent grates to place the lamps right on top so you wouldn't have to...

I used to keep these. I kept them in a screen enclosure, bare bottom, fed them lots of fresh eucalyptus, and they multiplied like crazy. They fling eggs everywhere; hard little things, you can hear them land all day long, lol. It got so out of control I started freezing the eggs to dispose of...

Lucky!!! I haven't gotten any yet.

I remember reading this on his facebook page, very interesting. Since then, I've been feeding my cham some wild caught grasshoppers and he occasionally catches other bugs outside when in his little trees. I had a fecal done just yesterday, all clear!

Oh yeah, definitely. My cham is 11 months and still loves them too. He is hit or miss with roaches. Sometimes he goes for them no problem, sometimes he wont touch them. I have other herps that eat crickets too so they are just part of my rotation on feeders. I'm waiting to really do tough love...

That might be enough? I'm not sure since I always throw orange slices in as well. Maybe someone else will chime in. crickets are stupid and will drown in any amount of water so you cant have a water dish, but you could have a water dish with a sponge and they'd drink the water from the sponge...

To clean, I move the egg crates with crickets to 5 gallon bucket while I clean and disinfect their bin with StarSans. How often will probably depend on how many you have. They get nasty fast because crickets are nasty. I don’t like dermestid because the beetles fly. I think I have buffalo...

Interesting. That seems low to me, I'm well over $1,000. I'm too scared to add it up though. And That doesn't include cost of chameleon, feeders or supplies for them. I have SIXTEEN bug enclosures going right now. This is a very expensive hobby. I've spent $250 at the vet just in the past month...

My CHE and Sansi spotlight plant light are both aimed at same basking area, my cham basks under them no issues. The CHE is on a $30something on/off thermostat, with day/night setting and doesn't seem to notice it going on and off to maintain temp.

After your post, I went and watched the Josh's frogs cricket breeding video and success! It only took about 2 weeks for my eggs to hatch at about 86-87 degrees. I have hundreds of baby crickets now. Last time I had success, they all died, I'm guessing because it wasn't right temp/humidity. So...

I dug them up and have about 25 egg cases. I divided them out between 8 little containers, recovered them with damp sand, and will try different diapause times for each container to see if I can find a successful amount for diapause. I read diaupause can be shortened so the shortest time I'll be...

SO LUCKY!!!!!!! Good luck! I have 25 grasshopper egg cases I'm gonna try to hatch. I'm going to experiment with diapause time and see if I can figure out what works....

YAY!!!!! That is truly fantastic! :love:

Well, that's a lot closer to Rocky than I live so I stand by my lucky comment! :hilarious:

What?! Thanks for the smiles link! Testing: :wideyed:

You live in Estes park? Lucky!

We go the Rocky Mountain National Park several times a year. It's fantastic, have a great time!

This is the prettiest, most amazing vivarium I've ever seen! I love it so much, amazing job! Can't wait to see Pickle Rick in it.

You can see synchronized fireflies in great smokey mountains National Park in early summer. It's so popular they control parking with a lottery system. Bucket list!