Joseph 1233
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Do they make good feeders ?and I'm guessing they are easy too obtain in Canada or atleast legal if anyone knows thanks.
American cockroach
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Joseph 1233
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Thanks alot won't be trying that
steve mcgarret
Member
what about pinkies can my 1 year old veiled eat pinkyes or fuzzies
Joseph 1233
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Yeah but most people say it is very bad and will likely cause disease as chameleons mostly eat insects and pinkies are too high in protein and can cause sickness
steve mcgarret
Member
crap i wanted to see him eat one but if it could harm him it is a no brainier
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
I think pinkies can bite too. There is also a higher choking risk. Good job saying no.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Pinkies are useless fat and cartilage, no actual extra calcium only good is vitamin A in them. There is no point feeding a pinky to them, might as well go for a hopper. And not live, either whack it and stun it or do thawed. I would never feed more than once every other month and I am not one of those people who believes animal protein itself is bad to feed. Animal protein is bad to feed to feeder insects because of how they digest it.
steve mcgarret
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damn you know your stuff thanks
JoeDigiorgio
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I actually keep Americans and Australians as feeders. I find the Americans to be much better feeders than Australians. They're larger, very soft bodied and don't excrete that annoying sticky stuff that Australians and red runners do when you grab them.
They are the roach. They will live anywhere. I don't mind them, I keep them in a maximum security prison and they exist freely in south Florida no matter what you do anyway. My original American roaches came from egg cases I found when I was cleaning my garage. In 2 years I've maybe seen 2 inside my house and my colony is around 1000 I'd guess. I keep my house less attractive to them than the outdoors and life goes on. In colder climates though I'm sure your house would be more attractive than the outside.
They are the roach. They will live anywhere. I don't mind them, I keep them in a maximum security prison and they exist freely in south Florida no matter what you do anyway. My original American roaches came from egg cases I found when I was cleaning my garage. In 2 years I've maybe seen 2 inside my house and my colony is around 1000 I'd guess. I keep my house less attractive to them than the outdoors and life goes on. In colder climates though I'm sure your house would be more attractive than the outside.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
I only know my stuff because I am obsessive when it comes to research lol. And I find nutrition fascinating. I just haven't been on much lately sadly.
Cricket colonies need at least 500 adult crickets to start off well and fast, more if you can. Heat sources are needed, preferably a basking light and ceramic heat emitter with them because they prefer absorbing heat from above sources. They need lots of fruits and veggies compared to dry gutload because they need high water sources when breeding. Provide moist soil where females can deposit their eggs in a two inch-three inch deep tupperware container with a lid so when they need to be removed you can incubate them inside their own rubbermaid bin for the younger crickets. Provide about 2x more the room you would for roaches for crickets of the same number.
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
Thanks for the cricket info! For some reason, I just hate crickets. They smell (coming from a person who cleans up chameleon poop everyday, like many other people), and are just annoying when you realize that they seem to chirp forever, at high volume. I seem to like research, especially about different health stuff.
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
Hmm, did I set the mister today?
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
Hmm, did I set the mister today?
I have been having massive issues with my mister now that you mention it lmfao. I need to reset and do the times. Just because of undoing it after the shelves were being put in and putting Neptune back up onto it. I tried to fix it just normally. But a reset seems necessary.
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
I'm sure that everything will be okay after the reset. I know this is off topic, but do you sell mantids?
CJ's Exotics
Chameleon Enthusiast
If you do orchids, let me know! I love orchids, and hope to have one as a pet someday.
timw1
Chameleon Enthusiast
I think Andee is mixing up the American Cockroach Periplaneta americana with the German Cockroach Blattella germanica. The American roaches usually do not infest the house and prefer to live outside. Any ones found inside are usually dead, or will die shortly from lack of moisture. The German ones on the other hand will infest your house and are really hard to get rid of. The German roaches are the ones found primarily in large housing complexes and restaurants. The German roaches skeeve me out!
Joseph 1233
Member
Yes I've seen lots of germans but never American in CanadaI think Andee is mixing up the American Cockroach Periplaneta americana with the German Cockroach Blattella germanica. The American roaches usually do not infest the house and prefer to live outside. Any ones found inside are usually dead, or will die shortly from lack of moisture. The German ones on the other hand will infest your house and are really hard to get rid of. The German roaches are the ones found primarily in large housing complexes and restaurants. The German roaches skeeve me out!
