snake kid Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 any one here keep any insects as pets like spiders or anything I know wellington tree wetas are easy to keep but any others would prefer to hear from people who have kept them before or are currently keeping them crabs or things like that would be cool to like a hermit crab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hermit Crabs are awesome to keep, so entertaining and always rummaging around for food 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 any one here keep any insects as pets like spiders or anything I know wellington tree wetas are easy to keep but any others would prefer to hear from people who have kept them before or are currently keeping them crabs or things like that would be cool to like a hermit crab Hermit crabs aren't insects. And I don't think there are any terrestrial hermit crabs available in NZ, just marines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 insects =fat frogs yummy yummy 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake kid Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 i know there not insects but i mean invertabrates in general and just to clear somthing up i mean land invertabrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 anyone know if your aloud to keep wetas, i thought they were protected as theyre native arnt they and probably not too many left? i see someone on tm selling garden spiders lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Dave's just set himself up a 3 encosure breeding contraption to breed locusts for the arrival of his much anticipated beardy :roll: the sound of the locusts throwing their bodies against the glass sounds just like popcorn - IT is disgusting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museeumchick Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 you are allowed to keep weta, just not the giant ones. Leaving you with choices of tree, cave and ground weta (but nothing from a park or reserve please). i think tree are the easiest to keep but have personally only kept tree weta so cant compare. Stella has crabs :lol: (the NZ freshwater type), you could ask her - she seems delighted with them. I have had pet roaches and they were pretty cool, also a grasshopper but i dont think it was v happy being kept there are lots of things to choose from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yes, I am very proud of the fact that I have crabs 8) After nine months you would think I would have tired of the joke... :lol: I tried keeping peripatus recently, but I just didn't have access to suitable food. I regard all the daddy long legs in my house as welcome guests, but that probably doesn't count as pets. OH! That's right! I used to keep bag worms! (bag moths, case moths etc) They were cool. I had heaps and was obsessed about them in my 10-yr-old way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake kid Posted October 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 how would I look after a crab what would I keep it in what would I feed it ect ect ect and i knew you could keep wetas but where would I get one from aside from in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffaDragon Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 i keep banded tunnal web spiders and NurseryWeb Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museeumchick Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Weta are everywhere, except when you want one try woodpiles and gumboots and places where you can find curled up bits of bark (they like little hidey holes during the day). and a small warning - ground weta bite readily, they are the only carnivorous weta (the rest are mostly herbivores that scavenge some) we have and are rather more tempramental than the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 once saw a weta from cantebury on tv. i think it was alpine. beautiful creature, black body with white markings and red knees. really stood out and fairly large maby second biggest in nz??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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