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Keeping reptiles is mere practice for being kept by monitors. One does not keep monitors. Monitors are the most resource intensive of species to keep. You want them to die you keep them. You want them to thrive you must be kept by them and serve them!

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Hello, Its been a while since I posted. Snails are an excellent feeder. They are also a good source of calcium. I am referring to clean pathogen free snails as well as nontoxic species. The chameleons I have seen don't use any tongue action. They just go right up to them and pick them up...

When an animal hasnt been eating hydration is of comcern. It is safer and more important to get them drinking first.

No they are not and no to removal being necessary or beneficial.

Moisture Munchies The water crystals are basically a form of plastic. I do not like them. if you want something natural use moisture munchies made from agar agar. We have used them with great success and they also bring added nutrients to the table. Also if one is feeding a good diet with...

Panchlora nivea Panchlora nivea can be shipped to Florida, unlike Blaptica dubia, as an example. They come in 2 flavors. Panchlora nivea and the giant green banana roach. The giant green banana roach gets larger than the Panchlora nivea with females getting 1.25 inches and 2-3 times the...

We advise our clients to use 3 gallon buckets. The square plastic ones often used by florists. Plastic paint buckets just square. We recommend 3 gallon sizes so they can be placed in the refrigerator as needed for slowing them down. To clarify we recommend the buckets as housing for the...

We have found various species of katydids to be well received, even the occaisional dragonfly. I mention the katydids in reply to the above quote. If you need something fast moving like say crickets, Blatta lateralis roaches could be good for you. if you need something thats a guaranteed...

Panchlora nivea Green Banana Cockroach. These work very well for finicky eaters. They are soft bodied, green and can fly. I havent heard of a chameleon yet who wont eat them even if they are finicky.

If the beetles are from your colony of superowrms or mealworms, most things dont like them. However most things that would not eat them ordinarily will eat freshly molted ones with gusto. So if they are white or still very light after molting feed it to something.

Short horned grasshoppers Locusts are differentiated from other short horned grasshoppers by their breeding patterns. They go into swarming phase. Swarming phase is when they swarm together en masse for breeding, when at other times they tend to be solitary like other grasshoppers. In...

Green banana roaches Panchlora nivea can and are used as staples in diets by some people. By staple I mean a regular part of the diet. No one insect should be used solely. One must keep in mind that they can and will fly when the mood strikes. They can fly pretty well and climb. Those two...

We have talked to California Department of Agriculture officials about them. Gryllus species are now to be brought into California. They told me that the black and brown crickets were imported from Europe. They are 2 seperate species. The Gryllus bimaculatus being the larger and more...

Both species are commonly used in Europe. Whatever this cricket shortage is, that was the impetus for allowing them to be exported from Europe. If people who have them look up pictures of Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllus assimilis you will also see that the pictures match what they have. They...

Insect size rodents rodent size insects Here is a past post of mine since you also have monitors. It also has more information on the pygmy myce. With monitors you also need rodent size insects! When you keep monitor they die. One must be kept by their monitors in order for them to thrive...

Insect size rodents We have found that nutritionally adult mammals are superior to pinkies. The nutrition comes from the bones and organs not the flesh and fat so much. What has worked for us are Pygmy Myce(I just like to spell mice as myce for pygmies) Here is a picture of a young adult...

Not hybrids or USA natives Hello, The species of crickets in question are not hybrids. The slightly smaller brown ones are also known as Jamaican field crickets. Their latin name is Gryllus assimilis. They are not as fast moving as regular domestic crickets. They do get larger. The...

Panchlora nivea Blaptica dubia Hello, Its been a while since I have posted here. We have been getting more inquiries on green banana roaches and the giant green banana roachesso I will post answers to questions we have been receiving on them. First a little background on us so you know...

Nibbles and Bites If food is placed for the locusts (or crickets) in the Chameleon enclosure then the fear of biting or nibbling on the chameleon is eliminated. Digby Rigby ___________________ Bulk dubia & other roaches. Include phone number in reply [email protected]