THOUGHTS ON BREEDING FEEDERS (CRICKETS TO START)

[Lennoncham]

Surinam can climb, but I don't know if i ever seen them do it. They like to burrow and will just keep digging around the bottom to hide. They're also small, but they're soft and you could easily feed off several of them at a time. Chams tend to like them too.

That’s what I have read. That’s why I decided on them over the other species available here. Just curious what do you use for substrate for them?

 

[KobaOregonherper]

I saw a video somewhere of an american cockroach grab a live cricket and eat it...

Lol just hitting this point home. I saw one in Kaanapali Hawaii attack a girl in line at a restraunt... kept flying into her face full force.

 

[jamest0o0]

That’s what I have read. That’s why I decided on them over the other species available here. Just curious what do you use for substrate for them?

Just a mix of coco fiber, leaf litter, and moss. Though I'm sure they'd do fine with just about anything. I just make sure to have it around 5 inches or more deep.

 

[JIFFYPOP]

@JIFFYPOP on that same note American and German are mean. They're the ones that fly at your face, germans more so. Pests I'd stay away from.

Got it, ya not a fan of bugs that can fly really lol

 

[JIFFYPOP]

Are super worms, and horn worms just not worth the effort? Just easier to go down to petstore and buy em. I know he cant live off em, but has anyone ever tried raising them?

 

[jamest0o0]

Superworms are simple to breed, but shouldn't be fed so often that it's a problem to just buy them.

 

[JIFFYPOP]

ya kinda what I figured, thanks

 

[KobaOregonherper]

Got it, ya not a fan of bugs that can fly really lol

Buying them is so inexpensive as well that if they're not a staple I dont see a point in breeding. I mean 1000 supers for 13 bucks? Yeah I'm not breeding those.

 

[Char333p]

I would go for breeding dubia roaches. They are cleaner, don't make noise, don't jump, and do not stink like crickets. They also don't carry parasites like crickets can.

Yeah my dubia are breeding EFFORTLESSLY. I didn't even raise heat or add extra humidity

 

[snitz427]

They are fast! And they can fly! Lol

That’s gonna be a nope from me dawg.

@jamest0o0 how do you sift out your surinam to feed?

 

[JIFFYPOP]

ya yer right Koba, and I am able to buy in bulk from where I got my cham

 

[JIFFYPOP]

Buying them is so inexpensive as well that if they're not a staple I dont see a point in breeding. I mean 1000 supers for 13 bucks? Yeah I'm not breeding those.

Not as cheap as you can get em tho, lol. Thanks for the help. So basically just house em, and feed lil bastards real good, and I should be fine eh? I rarely loose crickets, they stink but stay alive lol,

 

[jamest0o0]

That’s gonna be a nope from me dawg.

@jamest0o0 how do you sift out your surinam to feed?

I just dig through and grab some lol.

 

[cham_urchin]

how bout snails? what kind? where to buy? and how to keep?
I have a nano aquarium FULL of baby nerites (that isn't supposed to happen, but she/he found a way...)

 

[jamest0o0]

Any snails, if WC separate the eggs to prevent possible parasites. Helix aspersa can be bought on ebay, they generally like 75-80ish degrees. Very humid bins and lots of burrowing substrate. Feed a lot of greens, cuttlebones, and a protein source seems to help.

 

[JIFFYPOP]

how bout snails? what kind? where to buy? and how to keep?
I have a nano aquarium FULL of baby nerites (that isn't supposed to happen, but she/he found a way...)

I was kind of wondering the same thing, this is something that is new to me. I never wouldve even thought of snails, till I read up on them on here.

 

[cham_urchin]

Any snails, if WC separate the eggs to prevent possible parasites. Helix aspersa can be bought on ebay, they generally like 75-80ish degrees. Very humid bins and lots of burrowing substrate. Feed a lot of greens, cuttlebones, and a protein source seems to help.

and little cham just munches the shell?! *gak wow

 

[jamest0o0]

Yup, just don't feed a huge one obviously. Chams have strong jaws though and crunch the shells up just fine.

 

[snitz427]

I just dig through and grab some lol.

With your hands!?! :O

They are so tiny I feel like I’m just going to get a handful of soil.

 

[JIFFYPOP]

Im assuming snails would be like a treat for them, eh? How often can you feed em snails?