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The best solution is to feed as wide a variety of insects as possible. There are also some decent scientific publications. Mark Finke has quite a few publications that would be well worth the time to read.

80 will take a while.You will be much happier if you can get them to 88F. This is the primary problem with people trying to breed crickets is the eggs and very young need to be warm or the whole process takes forever and starts to become less successful. Once they have gotten past the smaller...

For black soldier fly larvae, I like Symtom. I tried another, cheaper company but one of my orders came with glass shards and the material was harder to sort from the worms. Symton has always sent me top quality and the sorter they sell works like a charm. For crickets, I use 5 points cricket...

Whether or not a particular insect is actually hard to digest is kind of hard to determine. Originally people thought it was related to chitin content but some of the insects people believe are hard to digest contain less chitin than ones they think are easier to digest, so that hypothesis...

Put them in a plastic container with a couple of very small holes in it for gas exchange and put them somewhere warm. You can make an incubator out of a styrofoam box, heat tape, and a thermostat for probably 50-60$ and it will last a very long time.

Carrots would have to be grated but that is very time consuming. A food processor is much more efficient. I wouldn't put too many veggies in with crickets at a time, the moisture will allow them to start dying off. I do feed veggies but only small amounts at a time., the rest is dry feed, and a...

Eco earth is the substrate I use when breeding crickets, it works very well. You want it damp but not waterlogged and you don't want it to dry out either. Put a container of it in with the adults for a few days and let them lay eggs in it. You need to keep the eggs warm or they will take forever...

I buy the eggs because I have quite a few lizards and it would be way too expensive to buy live worms. Even buying the eggs they are kind of expensive but I do believe all insectivorous reptiles should be provided with a variety of food items.

Did the shed come pre-insulated or are you adding something inside it? Where I live it is like the artic but I want to get a dettached building so I have more space next house for sure.

Some things that store well are worth buying in bulk. I buy BSFL and store them in a wine fridge or sometimes in the basement. Superworms store pretty well too so I tend to buy them sometimes, breed them other times.

mealworms cannot eat their way out of a living animal anymore than eating a watermelon seed will make watermelons grow out of your butt. The problem is when people feed them exclusively and the fact that they are usually grown in bran which leaves them with very little calcium. If you put them...

I got healthy worms from both places but the last order from vivotein unforunately had two very small pieces of broken glass in it. Fortunately I screen them out real good so I found it and previous orders did not have this so not saying avoid them, but just check any bsfl orders carefully when...

I kind of have an idea how much food my different bug boxes will consume so I put in just enough to be gone in a little over a day. This prevents a lot of problems with soggy gross stuff and little flies like what can happen if I just threw in a ton at once. Also, I like to use something to keep...

No interstate shipping allowed so no market viability for it in USA, seems common in Europe, though. You could learn how to breed them but given how many I see in the summer, likely easier just to go out and catch a bunch. I've read there is one toxic species in USA, though. I feed some I catch...

I get them from Symton and vivotein. I think they are shipped in some substrate that looks like peat or cocofibre, I never looked at it too closely. I use a large sifter to separate as much as possible. I hope it isn't coffee grounds, not sure I really want my reps on caffine.

You made the mistake of calling them roaches in the company of non-reptile keepers!

I asked a very experienced reptile vet if he had ever seen an actual impaction with mealworms and he told me had seen it, but wasn't sure if it was a GI issue that caused the problem or the mealworms. Having said that, I do use mealworms in a rotation with lots of other insects and I have never...

Sorry for your loss. It is very sad when a reptile passes away. It may help to know that most reptiles born in the wild do not live long, only a small percentage of the fittest live to pass on their genes and that in captivity they have a much better chance of a long life when given proper care.

There's a time lag between when a feeder becomes popular and when enough studies are published that you can begin to see if there is a consistent pattern. For example, with crickets and mealworms studies on gutloading them and what effect it has is available and has been replicated more than...

With dubia and orange heads it's Ok if some get loose, they breed too slow to ever colonize your home. With lobsters and red runners, I'd be more concerned.