SSimsswiSS
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That's what has in theory, stopped me from proceed with this insect. I can just imagine the sound coming from the mail carrier, or UPS facility.
I do wonder if they can be freeze dried, and then fed much like Locust.
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That's what has in theory, stopped me from proceed with this insect. I can just imagine the sound coming from the mail carrier, or UPS facility.
I do wonder if they can be freeze dried, and then fed much like Locust.
CDCherpetological
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NICE looking Cham!
Texas Panther Man
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Have you had luck feeding dried feeders? Ive never even attempted to give my chams a "dead" feeder. I guess you could kind of simulate movement using tongs. Have you given your parsons any frozen mice? I know you talk about quail htchlings being given. Are those fresh frozen or are they fed alive?
SSimsswiSS
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Dried grasshoppers have worked, but don't think you get the same things from a lifeless insect, as you do alive. I think the chameleons associate certain shapes and colors with food prey items. ( pinch the head off a superworm, and see if a panther turns its nose up at a lifeless super offered.) No frozen mice have ever been used, and I don't think you could get them to eat a motionless chick, unless its shape is recognized. A peeping, floundering chick is what peaks their interest. But the quail are rarely offered, only one or two per year.
Texas Panther Man
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Thats what i was thinking. I know from my observations its hard to get mine to eat anything that doesnt move. Esp dubia since they can can be slow deliberate movers. Thanks Steve
Motherlode Chameleon
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Mantises are #1 followed by green grasshoppers,green katydids then stick insects. Sorry seems like we have not got tree cicadas here in California. For the mantises I normally raise them in outside colonies though. How do you house your single mantises if you do not mind me asking?
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SSimsswiSS
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32 oz. deli cups with cloth lid. Add a single stick, and thats it. Mist and feed every other day.
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Motherlode Chameleon
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I'm going to have to start raising then. Probably going to go 50 at a time not 200 and just release the extras in the yard.
chams1
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Could I ge a quarter million
I'm just now seeing this.
If you want. They are all over and I imagine if I went out with a net at dusk, I could have a field day catching them. (they tend to fly around a lot at that time of day). Hey, maybe that's a good job for my daughter.
But yeah, I imagine the UPS guy would be pretty freaked out delivering them.
SSimsswiSS
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I had a good wild (backyard/frontyard) supply too, but I have a blue scrub Jay, that has become a really good mantis finder. I hand feed him supers and he's good at hunting down loose crickets. I saw the Jay swoop down and get something green. I thought it was a worm or catapillar, but after a closer look, discovered it was a near adult mantis.
SSimsswiSS
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I'm just now seeing this.
If you want. They are all over and I imagine if I went out with a net at dusk, I could have a field day catching them. (they tend to fly around a lot at that time of day). Hey, maybe that's a good job for my daughter.
But yeah, I imagine the UPS guy would be pretty freaked out delivering them.
It might be easier for you to keep all the those mantis in your neighborhood. And collect a few cases in the fall/winter. They ship better, with less carrier freak outs.
Motherlode Chameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I had a good wild (backyard/frontyard) supply too, but I have a blue scrub Jay, that has become a really good mantis finder. I hand feed him supers and he's good at hunting down loose crickets. I saw the Jay swoop down and get something green. I thought it was a worm or catapillar, but after a closer look, discovered it was a near adult mantis.
I have got a couple of wild grasshopper collecting areas and if I find a mantisis in one of these wild colonies they are dinner for the chameleons. Other wise I they are normally left alone.
summoner12
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I'm just now seeing this.
If you want. They are all over and I imagine if I went out with a net at dusk, I could have a field day catching them. (they tend to fly around a lot at that time of day). Hey, maybe that's a good job for my daughter.
But yeah, I imagine the UPS guy would be pretty freaked out delivering them.
I sure don't miss those loud ass bugs, they are a sure sign that summer has arrived in chicago!! I never thought about feeding them off... that would be a hefty meal!
