livingart Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 humities around 41% a bit high isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 a bit high isn't it? I didn't think it was that bad providing normal without any heating it is 60-70. often higher over night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Yea just looked up the humidity of their home countries, all around 40% often more in places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Looks like I'll never know what was wrong, left the locust tank out on the kitchen table last night, thinking it would be fine. Cat broke in during the night, left me with 3 tiny ones alive. Have to start from scratch again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I don't measure the humidity but I suspect that may be your problem. I started getting problems when I cut down on the ventilation to save power. As stated above they are also very susceptable to traces of insecticide. No use of flyspray if inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emaytiti Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 This happened to me I had lights on 24/7 and they couldn't cope with it so they all died. Now have 12hrs of light and havnt seen it happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I have lights on 24/7 and not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i have just recently put the lights and heat for 24/7 i now have a self sustaining rotating amount, and i suspect, when the eggs reach critical mass, i will get a bloom once every couple of harvests so to speak. with 24/7 lights i find the babies become adults in 2 weeks or so! i feed twice a day, each time enough to be finished in 8 hours. i also leave a dish of bran laced with spirulina powder, as locusts accumulate astaxanthin in their flesh, limbs, exoskeleton and eyes, good for my red arowana. as for twitching, i find that maybe they cannot thermoregulate. maybe a part needs to be cooler? or maybe its the grass you are feeding, poison grass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i have just recently put the lights and heat for 24/7 i now have a self sustaining rotating amount, and i suspect, when the eggs reach critical mass, i will get a bloom once every couple of harvests so to speak. with 24/7 lights i find the babies become adults in 2 weeks or so! i feed twice a day, each time enough to be finished in 8 hours. i also leave a dish of bran laced with spirulina powder, as locusts accumulate astaxanthin in their flesh, limbs, exoskeleton and eyes, good for my red arowana. as for twitching, i find that maybe they cannot thermoregulate. maybe a part needs to be cooler? or maybe its the grass you are feeding, poison grass? You may be right about the thermoregulating, because the surrounding air temp is 30-35 degrees and 41% humidity there's no cooler areas anywhere. My other thought is it could be the lights I was using for heating, they're ones used for growing plants (high powered, full spectrum) because I'm growing a large tray dandelion greens in the same place. Maybe they couldn't take the rays they put out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason22 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I don't measure the humidity but I suspect that may be your problem. I started getting problems when I cut down on the ventilation to save power. +1 This happened to me I had lights on 24/7 and they couldn't cope with it so they all died. Now have 12hrs of light and havnt seen it happen again. Wouldn't have been the light they would probably staved you need to feed them a lot more if you have light 24/7 with 24/7 lights i find the babies become adults in 2 weeks or so! i feed twice a day, each time enough to be finished in 8 hours. 2 weeks that's pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I don't measure the humidity but I suspect that may be your problem. I started getting problems when I cut down on the ventilation to save power. As stated above they are also very susceptable to traces of insecticide. No use of flyspray if inside? Can anyone measure their humidity, I'm sure almost everyone has a humidity meter in their dragon enclosures. I'd be interested to hear what other people are measuring at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I don't have one in there either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I never had a water source other than the fresh grass standing tightly packed into small jars.Some grasses can be toxic in their own right and various rusts,fungi etc could also do it?rye grass would only be eaten under starvation,not by choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 They can be picky about their greens. If you have the odd weed or dandelion they usually leave it and eat right around it. Mine don't go for the lush fresh grasses you might expect either. I have been using crystal rain but I might get rid of that for a while and see what happens. Some people use vegetables such as carrot or zuchini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 They can be picky about their greens. If you have the odd weed or dandelion they usually leave it and eat right around it. Mine don't go for the lush fresh grasses you might expect either. I have been using crystal rain but I might get rid of that for a while and see what happens. Some people use vegetables such as carrot or zuchini. Mine would quite happily eat carrot, or clover if I put it in there, but mainly just lush grass and bran was what they would stick to, did try dandelion greens but they didn't even touch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEAnthrax Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Has anyone tried breeding woodlice? Are they worth it? Are they any good for beardies, I heard they're high in calcium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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