MalcolmX Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 the guy in dunedin AINT cheap im sorry you feel that way but as far as im aware we are half the price of biosupplies and the casual traders on trade me. we charge 50 cents per locust and the locusts are as big and fat as i can get them to grow. most of our customers are very happy with what they recieve. doddle69 ; i would be happy to send you some adult males and females so you can start breeding. i can also provide info if needed. email to [email protected] or pm good luck malcolm (that guy from Dunedin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 I have bought them from that guy in Dunedin and the only ones cheaper at the time were the ones I bred myself. It was a good hassle free transaction and I was happy with the very good service. It took me a few mistakes and a bit of time to get a reliable and continuous breeding program going so you may not get it right first time, but if you want to keep reptiles it certainly pays to breed your own, have deep pockets or be prepared to not feed your pets properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 dont meen to hi jack the thread or anything but this guy on trade me said meal worms and waxworms are dangorous and not to feed at all! and i dont think that is true is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It is not true provided you give the right sized bugs to your babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmX Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 How about slaters as a food source? there always easy to find in large numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 dont meen to hi jack the thread or anything but this guy on trade me said meal worms and waxworms are dangorous and not to feed at all! and i dont think that is true is it? i agree to a certain extent. Mealworms are hard to digest and have little goodness in them. they can chew there way out & or do damage internally to your herp. Feeding the appropriate size and well hydrated mealworms reduce's the risk. and feed to your herp well before lights out so they have time to digest etc Ive gone off mealworms. Crickets are the best food out, roaches are up there but prone to escaping, locusts are good. Waxworms as a treat if at all. jmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 i agree to a certain extent. Mealworms are hard to digest and have little goodness in them. they can chew there way out & or do damage internally to your herp. Feeding the appropriate size and well hydrated mealworms reduce's the risk. and feed to your herp well before lights out so they have time to digest etc Ive gone off mealworms. Crickets are the best food out, roaches are up there but prone to escaping, locusts are good. Waxworms as a treat if at all. jmo mealworms chewing their way out is a urban legend... i have never seen and threads or pics of this??? also mealworms are a steady diet for most herps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 are you speaking from experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 are you speaking from experience? No well because the only reptiles i own eat a pellet diet... Turtles are nice and easy to feed... But i am speaking of many hours of constant research of keeping Leopard Geckos and other lizards... You dont need to own something to know about them, it pays to own them for experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Mrs Google may sit on the right hand side of god but she can be influenced by advice given from people that only think they know what they are talking about. For that reason I try to make sure that she is giving me information provided by people that do know what they are talking about. If you look at the food chart provided with the bearded dragon care sheet you will find that they have a very high P to Ca ratio and therefore unless additional calcium is provided the calcium required for the absortion of the P will be drawn from the bones of the reptile resulting in MBD. They also have a hard chiton exterior and are not easy to digest. They should be fed only occasionally according to that chart. In my view they are fed too much and it is usually because they are easy to culture and cheap to buy rather than being the best food available. I do feed them but only occasionally, and I would suggest that that you work hard at getting to know how to culture other live foods before your leopard geckos arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 No well because the only reptiles i own eat a pellet diet... Turtles are nice and easy to feed... But i am speaking of many hours of constant research of keeping Leopard Geckos and other lizards... You dont need to own something to know about them, it pays to own them for experience. perhaps some more research would show your turtles could do with some variety as alan has said just because it is easy doesn't make it right people repeating what they have read on the internet is how urban legends grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thought there was a big thing about posting the links to that Fishkeepers site? There is no issue with posting links to relevant information and threads on other forums. It is prospecting from other forums that is against the guidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 perhaps some more research would show your turtles could do with some variety as alan has said just because it is easy doesn't make it right people repeating what they have read on the internet is how urban legends grow turtles can be feed many diets i know, but they are happy on a pellet diet... Also yes meal worms are easy to culture and buy cheaply but i believe they are a good source of food... I have linned up cricket breeders to purchase from to vary their diet... They wont be just on mealworms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Red eared turtles are not happy on a pallet diet as adults need about a third of theit diet to be vegetation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I would be happy on many types of diet The whitikers peanut slab diet the kfc diet macca diet the all meat diet of course these diets all need to be suplimented with the coke diet and then once that has finished I would be dead so no need to worry eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 i did those diets in my younger life 2 heart attacks at 38 and feeling other effects of those diets now it would be neat to be an animal psychic so you could know if they were really happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I think in the case of my ones I will know they are happy when they stop doing serious damage by biting each other and my partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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