repto Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 there was also a school of thought that their locusts were treated to be sterile too,this is also bollocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I don't know where you got the idea that biosupplies mealworms are sterile as I have bred heaps from them. oh they told me all their bugs where sterile? Oh no i have no intentions of trying to super grow my Leos that fast but im just saying that its a stable diet. If i wanted to protein overload them/fat overload id feed them wax worms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yes, I have bred them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Sterile can be different to sterilized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 i wonder if their other bugs can be bread from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Sterile can mean unable to reproduce or carrying no diseases. In the latter sense the only sterile mealworm is a dead cooked one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 bug sandwiches anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 if there was a significant problem with pestacides I would imagine the grasshoppers would be dead?? well yes but they could have eaten plants wich could be posioness/carry ferts... may not be enough to kill a dragon but it could make a young one ill??? best to know where your feeders came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 stop reading so much internet and just get on with it?Do you have any reptiles at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 stop reading so much internet and just get on with it?Do you have any reptiles at all? mate when you are spending close to 5k on reptiles in one go you tend to read ALLOT also i do have red eared sliders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 sounds like it might be trial by fire for you?I would not reccomend anyone buy into reptiles to that ammount but do the hard yards and learning firsthand along the way as you go.You can read all you want but there is no substitute for experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 have to agree with repto a big difference between sliders and keeping leps sliders take a long time to show damage caused by incorrect keeping leps will show it quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 I appreciate your concerns, however leos are deemed as a beginner reptile world wide... just because they cost a fair amount of money doesnt make them any harder to keep... I understand how to care for these animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 i think the repto was refering to the amount of dollars these beginner reps cost at the moment and even the easiest of reps to keep get problems that can go unnoticed to the inexperienced eye reps hide illness and pain well until it is sometimes too late to reverse the damage done even the most experienced keepers gt caught out sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 understanding is different than doing.People that get into a `hobby` with the aim of making money are not really hobbyists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 understanding is different than doing.People that get into a `hobby` with the aim of making money are not really hobbyists? didnt see any posts started by me saying... Im getting 5 Leos to breed and make lots of money what do i do??? I can think of many many hobbyists that got into breeding to make money and they do, but they also have awsome collections, great husbandary skills, huge knowledge in which they poor back into the hobby? so are they not hobbyists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 anyway this isnt are thread to trash so back on topic... any more issues you can PM me directly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 It was my impression that bio suppiles pet market was an aside to the bugs they supply for the medical industry amongst others...this may not be the case but that would imply that they have access to medically clean bugs...sterile?? Just a thought....have to find out where we get our leaches and maggots from and that will tell me I suppose? Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 astroturf is good, easy to clean and its better than sand for babys. Do you know all about temps and lighting requirement for beardies?. yes i do know some heating and lighting requirments.But if you happen to know some to tell me.That would be great!!!!! Thanks Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 have you read the care sheets at the top of the rep and amphib section reptiez? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 yes i have, thanks for writing it,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =-) :lol: :lol: :lol: Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 there were many reptile keepers on this forum who contributed to it from their own experience i just put it together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 oh well it would of took along time typing it up!!!!! Thanks for typing it up i took every single bit onto credit,thanks everyone else who helped aswell, it was a HUGE help!!!!!!!!!!!! THanks Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 you are doing the right thing reptilez by researching and asking questions you will get many different opinions on how to keep any animal when you hear the same thing from more than one experienced keeper, then i would take it on board at the end of the day it is up to you how you want to keep your rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 thanks, i have got astro turf as the floor like alot of people recommend. Thanks for answering my questions.i have one more quick question,What lights/ heaters do you recommend for a 116cm legnth x 45 cm depth x 45 cm height. it probably will be housing a 3 month old bearded dragon. What wattage bulbs and what bulbs ?? Thanks Matthew YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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