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The other worry is that the stressed out anoles sold in large cheap quantities like that can also carry mites. I would hate to get mites through my collection for the sake of the feeder prey.
The ONLY time I ever had mites in my house was a batch of feeder Anoles.
I fed a couple to one of my Black Racers, (I had two at the beginning) and about 3 days later I found my black racer dead and swarming with mites. They were in it's nostrils, the vent was a black stripe of mites, they were everywhere. I carried the whole cage outside and hosed it out in my driveway.
Thankfully Toby did not feed from those Anoles.
Never again, ever..... Rodents are safer. hands down.
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Dang that's nuts! Yea not even something I want to deal with.
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Dang that's nuts! Yea not even something I want to deal with.
Why not try silverside fish in the same fridge that sells mice/rats @ petco? They are narrow (like 1cm width) and very long. You can chopem up into pieces. Or get shrimp/crawdads from your local supermarket are also good if your just looking to mix it up. But really you should just get a dubia roach colony going . I've had mine in my closet secretly for a few months, no escapees and no smell/noise. I can't wait till someone decides to snoop around in my stuff hahaha
Their diet currently includes crickets, beetles, dubia, orange head and baby hissing roaches, ground fuzzies and grasshoppers/locusts. I actually already have silversides as well, I have a fimbriated moray eel (Grendel) who gets them as treats between his salmon and sea bass meals. Would they really be ok to give to the ackies? I had considered trying feeder freshwater fish just never even thought of using the saltwater feeders I have.
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Their diet currently includes crickets, beetles, dubia, orange head and baby hissing roaches, ground fuzzies and grasshoppers/locusts. I actually already have silversides as well, I have a fimbriated moray eel (Grendel) who gets them as treats between his salmon and sea bass meals. Would they really be ok to give to the ackies? I had considered trying feeder freshwater fish just never even thought of using the saltwater feeders I have.
Hi, if you feed saltwater fish you should rinse them under water to get rid of excess salt. I wouldn`t use them as a staple, but if the monitor/s will take them o.k now and again (I think the current diet is fine).
petstore feeder goldfish are just swimming bags of garbage so stay away from those. snails are good I think and you can breed your own, dunno if ackies will takem though
Thanks, I'll just stay clear of the fish for now. About the locusts, I meet a girl that has a savannah at the pet shop a few weeks back when I was picking up fuzzies. just so happened she was trying to get rid of excess baby hissing roaches n locusts so I gave her my number and told her I'll take them any time she needs She told me she goes hiking the Appalachian trail a few miles and there are large meadows/clearings where she catches the locusts/grasshoppers by the thousands in butterfly nets. Keeps them in 55gal trash cans like crickets and they just start breeding... I haven't seen her setup yet cause she always just meets me at the pet shop.
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jarich, I thought for sure she would be B.S.ing me but it worked out. About the crayfish, store bought or go catch some?
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Personally, I would recommend store bought from a reliable store. Wild caught you have the higher probability of parasites again. The only issue with the store bought ones is to make sure that the store isnt treating for something called Ich (an external parasite on fish). They normally use a pesticide that could be harmful to your lizard if it ingested enough of it. If you trust your pet store, simply ask them if they are using any treatments. The pet store I buy mine from keeps the crayfish in their own tank, so I know its not treated. Like I said, crayfish breed quite readily too. If you dont mind having a fish tank set up, you can breed them yourself and then there are no worries.
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Yes, and no. There are different types of parasites, some of which require external hosts in order to propagate. (Frogs are a common host, turtles, fish, etc.) So a store bought crayfish can breed and be free of those types of parasites. If you decided to breed them, you could also then treat the parents fairly easily and get rid of the parasite load altogether.
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. I've had mine in my closet secretly for a few months, no escapees and no smell/noise. I can't wait till someone decides to snoop around in my stuff hahaha
She told me she goes hiking the Appalachian trail a few miles and there are large meadows/clearings where she catches the locusts/grasshoppers by the thousands in butterfly nets. Keeps them in 55gal trash cans like crickets and they just start breeding... I haven't seen her setup yet cause she always just meets me at the pet shop.
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