Very nice. MY company is an Aquarium company, but we also make and install terrariums and paludariums. So I have a eye out for stuff like this all the time. Heres a rather famous paludarium with a panther chameleon. The installation company SWEARS the chameleon is thriving. Although I cant...
Cramming down your throat? I politely expressed my viewpoint with actual factual information. I guess that's not welcome here. I won't make that mistake again.
Let me add one more point, porfessional wild animal organizations (zoos, aquariums, etc)- they very standardly DO NOT feed wild caught prey items or foodstuff, unless the food has been appropriately treated and/or disinfected. Or, if uncontrollable, they routinely get prophylactic treatment for...
I agree. Im not saying bug farms are sterile. Im saying theyre more controlled than wild insects, and anything a wild insect may encounter (pesticide, etc). By benefit- do you just mean diversity in feed, or something else?
I know what youre saying, but feel its a skewed view. I happen...
We will have to agree to disagree. Nematode a and cordyceps related fungal infections are not mild. And aren't necessarily screened for at parasite checks like ascarids, coccidia, and other common internal parasites. Furthermore, wild insects can contain levels of protozoan parasites, toxic...
It's a steaming pile of BS is what it is. I work in the aquarium industry and a lot of retailers who are trying to look impressive do this. Post a picture and price for a astoundingly complicated or outright impossible to acquire fish just to drum up attention.
A word of caution- wild insects can easily harbor pathogens and parasites. Cicada nymphs are documented to carry a nematode in addition to hosting cordyeps like fungal parasites. Use caution in feeding.
Fair enough. We can agree there is no right way or wrong way. For what it's worth, the worst I have ever seen in the years of keeping chameleons has been seeing the calcium from the free range insects in the water. Never once a defecation or drown insect.
But, we can politely and respectfully...