I use no substrate
The humidity is around 40% and seems to work for them
I dont use a heat sources, but the room is warm 72F or higher, and my roach bucket is placed higher up in the room on a closet shelf.
Sheets of cardboard (Pizza boxes, for example) and papertowels tubes work.
I give dog food (dry kibbles) and flakes goldfish food to my roaches. I alternate, a handful of dog crushed kibble one month, a couple shakes of fish food the next month, then back to dog food. Of course I also toss in vegetables, and sometimes fruit, once a week. And they get breakfast...
Calcium carbonate is calcium carbonate, whether pressed into tablets for people or powdered for chameleons. But why not just order online what everyone else uses, and be confident?
Okay I just used this recipie and its great. The Dubia and crickets love this stuff!
I didnt have dried raspberries or hemp seed, but I found dried apples at the organic market when I was getting the kelp powder. I used walnuts along with the almonds and skipped the brazil nut. I used a...
Ive used small amounts of kashi (which does not contain retinol, or at least the one I bought didnt). I've also used shredded wheats a few times. I havent be able to find Total, so I assume they dont make it anymore or we dont get it in Canada. Either way, Im pretty sure cereals in small...
Vote #3 for keeping it. I dont look at it in detail all the time, but I do check it now and then.
I'd be into reading about your gutloading more too. I was glad to see your post about the dry gutload you made last month. Where did you find the kelp powder?
repti worms (fly maggots) are pretty small. They're no good as a staple.
I like butterworms over reptiworms / calci worms / fly maggots
Anyways You NEED and WANT to have at least one thing that IS gutloadable.
he'll eat crickets again when he gets hungry (so long as you arent giving...
Mine gets a mealworm (along with something else) once a week. But its an adult male panther, so maybe a female should be treated different (less fat = less eggs, right?)