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HA! my bad.. dam dyslexia? dislexia? dyslecsic? or is it dice-lex-lic?... god they couldn't have picked a harder word for that could they... :lol:

yes i saw a steven austin feature on the thorny devil and even they only eat one type of ant a red ant i think it was... didnt know that they were full of acid though, thats interesting.

not that i know off. and thats limited to my experience with my beardy. but ants are too small and just pester him really..

hmmm, everything was going swell until i thought id give the crix a bit of apple, now its an ant enclosure. :evil: ivtaken the food out and put ant poison around the outside of the container but they seem to be unfazed, i know i cant put it in the container incase the crix eat it. anyvbody have any suggestions?

wow.. Im jealous..sigh one day... :roll:

So when i put the eggs in incubation i dont spray the propagating sand with water anymore to keep it moist? I read somewhere that the eggs can dry out and then they die...

:bounce: THANK YOU!!!

should the heat mat be on all the time? also. if anyone can help settle a debate i am having with my partner, she claims crix want moist enviroments, i think they want dry...atm the only moisture their getting is the moist sand but even thats enough to put condensation on the contianer.

hehehe awesome thanks ruru i was just wondering if stockings would suffice!! and yup got the cat bickys in there!!!

hhahahaaha not exactly...they get away some times hide under rocks then i gota take everything out ect ect...P*** me right off... Haahahahaha i wonder if Larry wants to be a vegetarian. :lol: hahaaha i just have to try to sleep wif that chirping in my ear and i have bad enough nightmares !! ohhhh man... what have i got myself into.. :lol: the day i brought a lizard i said " this is going to be an INTERESTING adventure". oh well im not one to give in.. just brought propagating sand 2 containers and a heat mat ( thermostat included ) from easy grow. relatively cheap too!!

and there i was thinking i was being fancy using dads potting mix...hard to contian as in put a roof on it? :-? you mean the adults will eat the young or the bigger uglier young will eat them, drat so the tanks not a good idea? go for a couple 10L plastic cotainers instead? and yea google is where iv got the info from that lead to this,as for this site im having a lil difficulty navigating my way around.. but im getting there.. get used to it?...drat i thought thatd b the answer. lol. CHEERS

So i have decided that its too expensive to keep buying live insects so im attempting to breed my first lot of crickets.. The plan is to leave a dish of moist soil in the breeders area (area B in the photo) for a few days then transfer it to the incubating area (area A) My questions are: What is the optimum temperature for them to breed in and for the eggs to hatch in? How much soil do they need to lay their eggs in? Ive put in about 3cm at the moment Does the set up in the photo look about right? If any anyone has any tips to help me out it would be greatly appreciated.... again Oo and do they sleep? because their chirping is rather noisy!

wow those are some awesome looking frogs , i was thinking if i have some money left over after my new dragon tank the old one could become a frog enclosure ...that or some kick ass fish, but these frogs are winning atm. :bounce: what kind of frog is this? :oops:

yea iv noticed that theyll try loose a lil bit o fat as the old skin gets ready to come off, the skin stretching and contracting must help get rid of it. iv never seen ol lazz sip out of a bowl, thatl be an interesting site you sure know your stuff mr/mrs direct

hehehehe i cant say laz has ever needed a bathe due to being dirty... i did see a bdy at animates in silverdale today that lookd like it could really use a bath.. it was relly dark coloured aswell.. then i relized it didnt have a light in its enclosure not too sure what was going on there.. ok ok il do my best to stop stressing over him..iv gotten this far without any problems.. out of curiostiy how often do ur beardies poo? lazz use to poo everday but now its about every cple up to 4 days.. i rekon thats alrite tho..

yea i i have seen lazz do the same thing...xcept he got the fright of a life time and swam staight for his rock and then stayed there. hes not the biggest fan of water but he did love getting misted... as for bathes my gf was very persistant and he just goes with it now..hahahahaaha. im sure she enjoys it more than him..

words of wisdom indeed!! i thought i was confused before....heres whats happend in the last cple days...laz had a huge feed n lazied about, the next day i turned the heat down and lazza slept an entire day...the next day i panicked about the food rotting in his gut( read that somwhere, on here i think it was?) so i took him for a nice long bath in the sun (Pictures included) done the trick.. and intended to continue the brumating procces today. but this morning he was up before me n has been more active than usual all day.... now im thinking was it the sun that brought him bak to life? my UVB light is a reptileone 10%...reptilone isnt on hothouse turtles list of appropriate lighting :-? or was it the days rest? or am i over protective and a nutter? ...why cant my beardy just tell me what he wants!! :roll: .... lol Im just going to let him be!! and worry and stress about the light being faulty...

Hey repto. i am intrested in a kick ass enclousure for my beardy, so far im planning on how i want to build one, yours seems to be the perfect size for what iv dreamt up, where abouts are in nz are ya? oh and how much are you looking for?

hmm, i dont actually know if he IS brumating, i just guesed because he would sleep most of the day and refused food, but right now hes sitting ontop of his den wondering why his basking spot isnt doing the trick :roll: . he ate a couple waxmoth larve this morning, but i left it at a couple as iv heard that their too fatty for him, yet its his fave food,he trys to smash through his tank to get at em :lol: @alanmin4304. if they dont drink out of a container do you mist them?or just let them sit in it? im confused/worried bout wat to do now.. oh and i dont i have the tech to turn down the light but i do have an old bulb ( i changed it after 6months..as suggested would that work?) @insect direct, not "yawning" as such but chilling with his mouth open then taking in a big gulp of air, somtimes to puff himself up sometimes for no apparent reason. hmm... so i should just turn the heat down ( and how much?? ) and leave him alone.. iv probably been disturbng him for 3months and making his life hell... WOOOOPS :-? oh and thanks guys

hey there insect direct respiratory problems? that explains why he yawns alot. drat i wish i knew that earlier, i always mist him under his basking light so that he drys out rather quickly. but i will put a bowl in for him now, (i hope he figures out how to drink from it ) . 5MONTHS WITHOUT FOOD!!! thats crazy! i knew i wanted a lizard for a good reason!! awesome thanks for your help.

hello all beardy lovers enthusiasts breeders experts!! firstly i would like to say hehehe i have owned my beardy, Lazza for 9months, i got him as a baby and have been doing everything i can to keep him happy and healthy since, as you all will know its quite hard to find good advice out there, i quickly learnt that pet shops would happily have you murder your pet with their shoddy advice and over priced live insects and paraphernalia. :evil: (minus one lovely lady at animates three kings (auckland) ) so now i have come here with the hope of gaining all the necessary knowledge to give Lazza the perfect environment and life my quarry at the moment is that he seems to spend 95% of his time hiding away in his den, first i thought this was his brumation cycle, as he lost his apatite, but then there are days where he will happily munch away, also if he does brumate, should i still mist him daily? or leave him be? because iv been pulling him out of his lair and misting him, then once he basks for a while i shove live food in his face, sometimes he eats, sometimes not. this has only really been happening the last 3/4 months and so again i think hes brumating, and maybe im desturbing him and therefore prolonging it??? before today i have had his heat bulb above his den as he basks ontop of it. but thinking maybe that might be adding to the problem i have moved it to the other side of his tank. was this a good idea?? so after that essay i give the floor to anyone who can shed some light...