I just had a disastrous event trying to obtain SILKWORMS.
What I got was a plastic tub full of melted gooey death.
Thank God these guys showed up alive.
I live in south Florida. Home of some gigantic roaches, small roaches and in between roaches and all of them make my skin crawl!
Out of necessity, I looked for a suitable Florida legal large feeder insect to feed to my two adult Veileds and small, but growing fast Panther.
I came across...
I got them today and they are ALL ALIVE.
I didn't expect that you'd send all ages including adults.
Thank you very much!
They are larger than I thought.
And they seem super healthy.
I'll start feeding them in a month or two as soon as they become established.
I'm still a bit confused.
I have a constant supply of crickets. (and soon Horseshoe crab roaches)
I feed them Repashy bug Burger, bee pollen, carrots, greens and fruit, etc every day.
I do not do this just before feeding them to my chams.
The only thing I do right before feeding them to my chams...
Yesterday I went back. And the new Xray already shows an improvement in bone density and the blood calcium levels are within a normal range.
In this newer photo, his tail is still dark from the blood draw.
His mobility is much improved as is his food targeting skills. His weight is up and his...
I immediately took him to the TV famous Broward Avian and Exotic. My longtime vet for my tortoises anyway. And Dr Pardini did an Xray and drew blood to check for Calcium and Phosphorus levels. All of which confirmed the MBD.
In fact. A lot of the bones were so fragile that they didn't show on...
Less than a month ago I bought this male Vohemar from a horrible shop here in Broward county called THE JUNGLE FLORIDA.
I posted some photos bragging about him. And a few knowledgeable members mentioned (correctly) that it looked like he had MBD
My options are limited.
I ordered a silk worm colony and it was dead on arrival.
I'll have my HORSESHOE CRAB roaches later this week. But they'll take months to get kickstarted