[…]Please see the articles referenced below to learn about the proper care of crickets and mealworms and the use of commercially available cricket foods. I powder most store-bought insects with supplements, alternating among Reptivite with D3, ReptiCalcium and Reptocal. I do not use supplements when feeding wild-caught invertebrates. Further […]
[…]behavior has indeed evolved in many spider families. There is even a degree of recognition – colony members accidentally attacked are immediately released. The webs of Social Spiders such as Stegodyphus spp. (South Asia, Africa) may cover distances of over 1 mile! Prgyrodes feeds upon trapped insects too small to […]
[…]by smaller amphibians and fishes are nearly impossible to obtain unless one sets up a breeding colony. While this is feasible if you have access to a cool basement or similar area (please see article below), not everyone is able to indulge their pets in this manner. Using Earthworm Flake […]
[…]and tomato hornworms, available via internet dealers, should be offered from time to time. I use mealworms and super mealworms sparingly, and usually select only newly-molted (white) individuals. I have found crayfishes to be an important food item for a wide variety of frogs. I remove their claws, just to […]
[…]in 1-3 days. This lifestyle renders it difficult to rear Bloodworms in captivity. I did have a colony established for a time in a large zoo exhibit, but collecting the larvae is difficult as they create small tubes in which to hide by day. Fortunately, Bloodworms live quite well under […]
[…]upon earthworms in both winter and summer, buying or collecting them, and usually try to keep a colony going in my basement as well. A Zoo Med Bug Napper simplifies the collecting of moths and other flying insects. Canned Insect are readily accepted from feeding tongs, and are an important […]
[…]their attempts to shelter within bottle caps and pen tops! One Empty Shell Benefits a Colony Writing in the May-June edition of Behavioral Ecology, biologists describe a Hermit Crab social behavior that has been coined the “Synchronous Vacancy Chain”. When a crab finds an overly large shell, it waits nearby […]
Please see Part I of this article for Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) feeding basics. Today we’ll cover 2 of the “finer points” you should keep in mind when feeding your pet. Mice Perhaps the biggest mistake pet keepers make regarding Leopard Geckos is to use pink mice as a regular […]
[…]portion of their diet should not be crickets, but rather a well-balanced mix of roaches, crickets, mealworm beetles, sow bugs, butter worms, waxworms, wild-caught insects, silkworms and tomato hornworms (these last 2 available via internet dealers). I use super mealworms sparingly, and then only newly-molted (white) grubs. Insects offered to […]
[…]They usually appear as tiny white “dots” jumping about below fallen leaves. You can start a colony by scooping them up in the leaf litter or by purchasing any of the several species available through commercial suppliers. Most breed well in captivity and can build up enormous populations under favorable […]
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