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Amphibians as Pets: Care of Common and Unusual Types of Toads

[…]bugs, waxworms, butterworms, silkworms, houseflies and other invertebrates should be provided.  Insects should themselves be fed a nutritious diet for 1-3 days before being offered to your pets.  Many will accept canned grasshoppers, snails, and silkworms from tongs.   Please ignore the You Tube videos of Marine Toads consuming mice. […]
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Pet Frogs and Toads: Five Points to Consider Before Buying

[…]far more enthusiastically than are crickets!. Please see these articles for tips on collecting insects.   Useful invertebrates that you can buy include earthworms, roaches, butterworms, calciworms, silkworms, hornworms and sow bugs.  Feeders should be provided a healthful diet before use.  Canned grasshoppers, snails, and silkworms may be offered via […]
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The Natural History and Captive Care of Newts – Part 1

[…]out-compete them for dry foods (as will many other tropical fishes).  I’ve recently begun using Canned Freshwater Shrimp as well.  Both are difficult to obtain in live form, and provide important dietary variety. Newt Companions Armored Catfishes (Corydoras spp.) of most species and Weather Loaches do well in unheated aquariums […]
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Collared Lizard Captive Care and Natural History

[…]days before being offered to your pets. In order to increase dietary variety, offer your lizards canned grasshoppers, snails and silkworms via tongs.  Wild-caught insects, as long as you can recognize dangerous species and avoid pesticide-contaminated areas, should also be offered; moths, beetles, grasshoppers and many others will be readily […]
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Giant Centipede Care, Feeding and Supplies…and Warnings!

[…]alone. Feeding Centipedes will thrive on a diet of crickets, roaches and earthworms. Wild-caught insects may be offered to help balance the diet. They will also accept canned grasshoppers and snails via tongs, but be extremely careful when feeding in this manner.   Mice are not required, even for the largest […]
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Feeding Leopard Geckos – Beyond the Cricket and Mealworm Diet – Part 2

[…]Fuzzies and sub-adult mice should not be used, as hair impactions may result. Collecting Insects for Your Gecko Wild caught insects, collected from pesticide-free areas, should be offered whenever possible.  Zoo Med’s Bug Napper is an excellent insect trap.  Sweeping a net through tall grass and searching around outdoor lights […]
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Chameleon Care Tips from a Herpetologist – Panther Chameleons as Pets

[…]and a variety of other invertebrates should be offered.  Please see these articles on collecting insects for more ideas. When wild-caught insects are not available, the diet should be comprised of commercially-available roaches, crickets, locusts, butterworms, super mealworms, house flies, waxworms, calciworms, silkworms and hornworms.  Feeder insects should be provided […]
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Chameleons as Pets – an Overview of their Natural History and Captive Care

[…]waxworms, caliworms and commercially-available caterpillars (silkworms, hornworms).  Feeder insects should be provided a healthful diet for several days before use.  Canned grasshoppers, snails and silkworms are often accepted from feeding tongs, and can be an important means of providing dietary variety. Parson’s, Panther, Oustalet’s and other large species seem to […]
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Reptile Gardens: Attracting Terrestrial and Aquatic Invertebrates – Part 3

[…]Invertebrates Your reptile garden will, in addition, attract numerous terrestrial insects.  All are interesting to observe and many can be collected to feed to your collection (a Bug Napper Insect Trap situated near a garden will provide a great nightly haul). Flowering gardens are also important as feeding sites for […]
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Tokay Gecko Care, Feeding and Terrarium Design

[…]roaches, crickets, butterworms, super mealworms, waxworms, cultured houseflies, and silkworms.  Canned invertebrates may be accepted from feeding tongs. Tokay Geckos can be offered a pink mouse every 7-10 days.  Do not use adult mice, as the fur may lead to impactions.  Although they will pounce on whatever small creature comes […]
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