wc food

[panther_dude]

does anyone out there know if there are any species of moths that are toxic? I know some butterflies such as the monarch are. But any plain brown coloured moths should be alright. should they not?

[Oliverian]

I've fed them to frogs before with no ill effects, but you have to be really careful. And there are lots of different species of moths to worry about. If you aren't sure, just don't feed that food.

-TammyR

[panther_dude]

Ya thanks tammy thats why im asking people if they know of any toxic moth species. in canada. What moth species are you reffering to?

[herpslave]

Try to grow and breed your own waxworm moths. They are highly nutritious especially compared to the wax worm larvae.

[panther_dude]

cool thanks man but i am asking bout wc moths lol.

[Matt.B]

Why dont you spend a little extra money to set up a wax moth container and not have the danger of pesticides?
Matt

[dank7oo]

While wax moths are fine for one source of food, I think Wade is looking for an alternate source, not wax moths. When it comes down to it (in this case Matt) it isn't a matter of wating/not wanting to spend money, rather varying the chams diet.

Jason

[thunder]

i think wc feeders are a bad idea, contrary to some ppl's views that they are more nutricious because they essencially gutload themselves. i feel, that although there is potential benefit, it is outweighed by risks of natural toxins, pesticides, and parasites. this is more true with insects than with other wild creepies like worms.

[panther_dude]

Yes thunder I see where your coming from but I am very carefull of the location and species of wc insect that I feed to my chameleons. Would be a sham to kill my most beloved freinds over a stupid misstake like that. Also many of the pesticides used today kill the bug almost immediatly and are mostly safe for the predator eating that insect. Otherwise there would be sick and dying birds everywhere. The only draw back is that you dont know if your neihbor uses a safe chemical such as this, so collecting from your neihborhood, or even the park down the street isnt a verry good idea.
I collect from peoples property who have at least hundreds of acres of land. That doesnt have any chemicals sprayed at all.

And yes dankzoo was correct I collect wc not to save money but to offer a better variety then what you can find at a pet shop. Comming from winnipeg out pet shops do not carry verry many items for reptiles, even the one spacialty store only has meal worms and super worms.