But where do you get the mulberry leaves to feed them
Oh ok awesome thank you
Neither species can fly - male red runners can sort of glide if dropped from a high place but not that well; females don't even have wings. And neither can climb. I consider red runners to be a moderate escape risk from chameleon enclosures though, they are small and wiggly. They make great feeders size and movement wise but I don't keep them anymore because I consider them difficult to control. To be fair though, they live in my area in huge numbers and on the rare occasions I'd see one inside I could never be sure if it was a wild one or an escapee (and I would occasionally see them in my house before I ever kept them as a feeder). I consider discoids a negligible escape risk. Neither could easily infest a house if escaped.
Yeah, gotta endure it though.
I have a colony going now and I personally do not care for them. They can climb and they can fly and they like to burrow. They have some value as a treat and potentially the ability to stimulate a feeding response in a stubborn animal since they're novel looking, but you basically have to hand feed them as they will immediately escape from any container and burrow into the substrate. They're also very small. I don't intend to continue to raise them long term, I think they're sort of a failed experiment, at least for my current purposes.
I much prefer feeding silkworms real leaves as it makes the whole process much easier and cheaper, but in winter months you have to use the chow.
Bsfl are superior in many ways, they keep easier last longer and are far easier to actually feed off, also they are easier to gut load they will eat ANYTHING .
Can I ask something I have a 4/5 month old panther and he's only been here two days only eating worms no locusts ATM. Lil worried but I'm guessing this is common for new home panther?
