I am under the impression that the only time you do it is when you are trying to create a population of a certain trait. Inbreeding will will give a greater chance of producing offspring with that trait, but you have to be careful to NOT breed any imperfect offspring because inbreeding...
Thanks, I wasn't sure if the virus somehow could get into the eggs or not. But I'm thinking the soil itself will have the virus on it so it's probably not worth it to hatch them out :(
Oh it's horrible they are flipping over on their backs, unable to move until they die at alarming rates!
I think it's called the Cricket Paralysis Virus
I had just started to breed my crickets with a dish of soil in their enclosure for them to lay eggs in, and then I realized I had the virus. :(
Will the babies that hatch already have the virus?
I put mine up on one of those wire shelf thingies. I bought one that gets like 5 feet high, but the poles are in two pieces so I only made it half size. Then I drilled 8-10 holes in the middle of the cage floor and put a bucket underneath. It works super well.
That's really interesting. I used to live in Minnesota and I was recently wondering how a chameleon could handle the winters. I have a question though; how does the cage stand up to the super humid summers?
My Rangsey is soooooo cute at night and I keep forgetting I don't have a flash on my camera and taking photos of him, but I won't post any because they are terrible!