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Garage will get too cold in winter and too hot in summer. Do you have a basement? If you just have one lizard you can buy as needed at petco and a tiny container will suffice to hold them and gutload them. If the family is really anti-bug maybe consider something like a uro or a chuckwalla or...

I bring them out of basement temperature 50-55 some days ago into a tub in the 70s and they are hatching now so eggs were good

The way they're packing stuff is the way winter shipping should be done. I'm def using them during cold weather.

I have to say I'm really impressed with Joshs frogs. My latest order came shipped in styofoam lined box with a still very functional heat pack.

I have little cups I move the mealworms into 48-72 hours before I feed them (those cups have superload in them and a tiny piece of vegetable). The roaches/crickets go into a critter keeper for 48-72 hours. I feed them vegetables, superload. The other stuff doesn't have a special gutload and...

I ordered from Rainbow and Bassets. USPS is just taking longer maybe now that the holiday season is over it's better Im not sure and don't want to risk it to find out. One of them also sent me dead bsfl. I told them they were dead and they said no they are supposed to look dead. The container...

I am excited too. I've not had any issues with Josh's frogs but I want to support ovipost, too. The only companies I've had a bad experience with is the ones in CA and it was out of their control USPS is just too slow going from CA to East Coast, it was taking a full 7 business days and all the...

I got an email today saying ovipost is staying open? I am so confused. Was the other email some kind of fake news?

I don't like to order crickets from the West Coast, I have not had a very positive experience as USPS is way too slow. I was ordering from Ovipost and the crickets were shipping from FL but I received an email that they are closing. Any other good East US suppliers?

I dont think the crickets die from lack of heat at 65F. More likely they will die if they are kept damp or dirty or without food and water. Banded crickets seem much hardier for me, too. They live an incredibly long time. most insects grow faster at higher temperature. Esp when hatching out...

Most of them did turn black but some stayed yellow. there are at 60-65F right now and some eggs started hatching I think maybe the ones that stayed yellow but cant be 100% sure

I use a combo: Reptivite or Repashy (LOd should be fine if you have proper UVB lighting), calcium powder without D3 (I don't know which one is best I just use zoomed), and gut loading insects with fruits, grasses, and vegetables that are tortoise safe and also sometimes I take the insects and...

Nope, I only use fruits/vegetables, rodent chow (crushed). For isopods I've been giving them some bug burger, too, and I put the mealworms in a cup with superload 2-3 days before I feed them.

I found a journal article on cold storage of eggs. Apparently how the adults are raised can impact if diapause is needed or not. It was a little bit complicated for me to unpack so I am going to put them in the fridge for 2-3 months and hope for the best.

For the first time in a long time I decided to breed some silkworms again. The moths are kind of interesting to me. Curious to know if anyone knows if refrigerating them improves the hatch rate or not. I could use them now or the spring trying to decide what to do with the eggs once I make sure...

That's the great thing about crickets is you can start with a few and scale to thousands almost overnight. The bad news is you can go again from thousands to none quickly, too. I think of dubia as like the tortoise and crickets as the hare. The other thing about crickets is I just fidn...

Absolutely! And you don't even have to be a very good farmer. I am growing greens which are listed as one of the most pesticide heavy crops if you get them in the store with zero pesticides of any kind. I don't really care if there's a couple of holes in them most of them are going to be eaten...

I think bell peppers are noted as a food item that tends to carry more pesticides than most. Probably one to skip or grow yourself

Cool temperatures can be a blessing just pick appropriate species. Most newts and salamanders do great in places that never go over 80F and 50F in winter is wonderful for many species. Also if you have enough basking lamps it's definitely going to increaste the electric bill and temps lol but I...

If there is no local place order more than you need and try to sell the rest? Maybe you can make enough from the ones you sell to cover your cost.