Bug diets of those anti roach and minimal cricket

[iheartchameleons]

I wanted ask what are the typical insects that everyone keeps in a readily available rotation. My background on insects is I'm comfortable with all worms, and crickets, not much handling with other insects. Honestly I'm a bit squeamish around other insects but I know that chams need a varied diet. There are a few insects I won't bring in my house for fear of infestation if they escaped: roaches of any variety, and destructive insects termites for obvious reasons. And i'm mostly concerned with escapees. So I need an alternative that will enrich my chams life but not make me paranoid or squeamish. Tongs will be used Crickets are fine but I'd rather limit them due to smell and chirping. In my mind I was leaning towards silk worms, pheonix worms/reptile worms, terrestrial isopods as regular feeders with crickets sprinkled in. Those that don't feed roaches and/or crickets regularly can you give me your feeding schedule and tell me where you purchase them from online? Any mostly worm feeders out there?

 

[carol5208]

I use Coastal Silkworms for silks and horns. I feed my cham every other day about 6 feeders, usually 4 or 5 silks and a few supers here and there. I mix in horns when I have them. Mine hates crickets, butI occasionally get them and shove them in his mouth when he is eating a worm. i also catch moths and feed those when I can catch them.

 

[whereswaldo]

supers are a decent worm. butter worms are full of calcium silk worms are a mess so be prepaired.the pheonix worms went well and kept awhile he loved them but we had to take a break think he lost his taste for them.

 

[ryanra22]

Well I've only been keeping them a week but I made the container from the silkworms 101 thread and I find them extremely easy to care for.

With the Tupperware setup cleaning is super easy as well. I don't give them any extra heat either (my room temp is anywhere from 70-75) and haven't had any die off yet. Crickets...that's another story