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Why Do My Crickets Keep Dying?

[…]Scientifically referred to as Acheta domesticus, the type of crickets sold as feeder insects have a higher protein value and a more docile nature in comparison to their wild counterparts. Although there are a few loopholes, due to laws that govern the importation of potentially invasive species, insects which are […]

Barbour’s Map Turtle Care and Natural History

[…]feed almost entirely upon fresh water mussels, snails and crayfish. Males take smaller snails, insects, crayfish, and fish.   Pets should be offered a diet comprised largely of snails, crayfish, and mussels, along with whole fishes, earthworms and prawn. Those under my care accepted apple snails and other native and […]
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Spring Field Trips: Amphibians, Reptiles, Invertebrates, Birds

[…]vernal pond. Our net failed to find any water scorpions, diving beetles or other common aquatic insects, but many over-winter as eggs, and so are difficult to locate prior to maturity.   Happily, the red-winged blackbirds were out in force, and calling all day. I’ve observed these early harbingers of […]
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Tarantulas: Are They The Right Pet for You?

[…]is not for everyone.   Tarantulas Need Live Food While many captives learn to take canned insects and pre-killed pink mice from tongs (do not hand-feed!), live insects will form the vast majority of your tarantula’s diet. Cricket-only diets seem to work well for many species, but the best long […]

Amphiuma Care: Keeping one of the World’s Largest Amphibians

[…]Small crayfishes are a great favorite (I remove the claws for safety’s sake). Crickets and other insects, shrimp, and frozen foods formulated for large aquarium fish are also readily accepted.   After a time in captivity, most individuals will accept turtle pellets and freeze-dried shrimp.     Related Articles Mudpuppy […]
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Your First Pet Lizard: a Checklist of Things to Consider

[…]Gecko needs only a 10 gallon aquarium with a low-wattage basking bulb, and a diet of small live insects…much less expensive than a 6 foot-long Water Monitor kept in a room-sized cage supplied year-round with powerful heat lamps and UVB bulbs and feeding upon rats and other rodents.   Veterinary […]
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The Indigo Snake’s Less Expensive-Relative: Blacktail Cribo Care and Natural History

[…]Rodents, rabbits, snakes, birds and their eggs, lizards, frogs, fish, small turtles are large insects have been reported as being taken. I have first-hand experience with impressive biting power packed by most rodents, and find it amazing that Cribos do not utilize constriction, but merely grab and swallow their victims! […]
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Care of the World’s Most Colorful Mantella: A Zookeeper’s Thoughts

[…]below) Flour beetle larvae Ants: experimenting required, as some species are rejected Aphids: tiny insects that colonize plant stems. Field Plankton: insects gathered by sweeping through tall grass with a net (also great fun for kids and adults alike, please see photo!)   Baron’s Painted Mantellas have large appetites and […]
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Turtles and Tortoises: 5 You Should Never Keep as Pets

[…]have revealed that youngsters feed largely upon two snail species. Some adults add mussels, insects, fish and other items to the diet, but even these fail to thrive in zoos or private collections. I’ve spoken with people who have kept them in seemingly perfect situations, but all wind up frustrated. […]
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The Two Toed Amphiuma: a Giant Salamander that Bites Like a Watersnake!

[…]that can be overcome, including frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, small snakes and turtles, fish, insects, snails, crayfish and carrion. They hunt largely by smell, and appear to have chemo-receptive glands along the body – a food item touched by any portion of the body is instantly seized.   The Mud Snake […]
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