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Yeah, true. But that's too many zip ties for me lol. You cage looks great by the way, even if it isn't 100% secure against feeders.

Oh, got it. That's too bad.

Hey, Is this cage feeder insect proof? Just wondering.

Cool, didn't know you could use bell peppers.

@Persnickety Parson's what is that green vegetable you are feeding them?

Poor dude! Good for you for rescuing it!

I actually might do this myself now. I mean, I can't imagine stink bugs would be hard to breed.

Yeah, once I ran out of chow for my silks and before the new chow arrived, they had already died, poor guys. :( The dead worms really did start to "liquify", and it was pretty gross. I think that's about the closest I've seen to "silkworm soup" lol.

I'm assuming he is talking about these: https://www.google.com/search?q=green+stink+bug&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS863US863&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3nIzYxLnqAhWhGDQIHaJyD_cQ_AUoAXoECCEQAw&biw=1396&bih=686 There are a different species from the brown marmorated stink bug. Sign in

Interesting idea. I don't think stink bugs need a diapause, my understanding is that stink bugs become inactive during the cold months, and they only start to breed during the warmer months, and the young become adults before winter.

Whoever your pet sitting for has a ton of cool chams.

Haha what kind of lizard is that?

Hahaha, I get being cheap, I want to save money too, but not at the animal's expense. People should be going for the maximum, not some arbitrary minimum.

Anybody have more pics? I wanna see some Kinyongia!

I wasn’t saying it wasn’t an issue. I‘ve seen plenty of pictures of impacted dragons. That said, I still believe if your husbandry is good, loose sub is not dangerous. But yeah, I’ve seen beardies kept on straight sand in a twenty gallon with an insufficient basking spot, and I wouldn’t be...

Yeah, I agree about your point on digging. But I still think that the impaction risk is overblown. If your husbandry is on point, and you have a healthy dragon, they should be okay. Most reptiles can pass small amounts of dirt fine, I personally think that the “loose substrate is a death...

I dunno, I just really like the name Techno.

Here's a link to a blog where it lists the stuff you can use to gutload silkworms - again, probably not good for the worms long term, but if you are only using other foods for a short time before you feed them off it should be fine...

Yeah, unless you have access to fresh mulberry leaves, I would buy the chow. I've heard of people giving them other foods, but it's not a long term solution if you want to keep them alive.

Agreed - but I also think that a SAFE loose substrate is good to use with healthy adult beardies. It's what they live on in the wild after all. Beardies are natural diggers and I think we should allow them to dig.