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KarmaChameleon1337 said:
I know that no pesticides are sprayed. I'm seeing if I can breed them so that makes them safer. Variety is always good.
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Good idea! :D I heard from xanthoman that you should breed at least 4 generations to make sure the parasites are gone. (At least for snails.) Some of my family lives in Arkansas, and boy would a chameleon love it there. 80% humidity, lots of trees, and plenty of cicadas and katydids. Except the katydids there are three inches long and actually look like a giant leaf... lol they scare the crap outta me too. I might put a picture of one up later, they are way bigger than those guys! Lol. But seriously, I might consider getting some from you if you do decide to breed, if that's ok.
 
Texas Ranger said:
Feed them romain lettuce,rose leaves,or any bramble plant like blackberry and raspberry leaves mist them 1 time a day keep them in a screen or net set up with lots of sticks to climb and lay there eggs on. I breed 3 different kinds of katydids and 2 breed and lay eggs all year long and hatch a room temp in 20 to 30 days . The one you have there lays 2 to 3 times a year and the eggs need to be cooled to 50 or 60 degrees for a month to break dipause. They will hatch from 3 months to 9 months.... Also most katydids lay there eggs on sticks. I breed grass hoppers to 5 different species. 3 are seasonal and give me eggs one to 2 times a year and take 3 months to a year to hatch the other 2 a stimulated by temp and if keap warm breed and lay all year and eggs hatch fast to. They are a swarm locust/grasshopper..... They also lay there eggs in dirt instead of on sticks ....

Oh and TPM I should be getting eggs again soon I will send you some more we can't have Texas chams just eatting crickets and roaches lol. :p:D
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Swayne8998 said:
Good idea! :D I heard from xanthoman that you should breed at least 4 generations to make sure the parasites are gone. (At least for snails.) Some of my family lives in Arkansas, and boy would a chameleon love it there. 80% humidity, lots of trees, and plenty of cicadas and katydids. Except the katydids there are three inches long and actually look like a giant leaf... lol they scare the crap outta me too. I might put a picture of one up later, they are way bigger than those guys! Lol. But seriously, I might consider getting some from you if you do decide to breed, if that's ok.
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I would like to see those I bet they look like these that I breed called Florida giant katydids.
And with katydids if you just collect the eggs and put them in a different area away from the wild ones then there is no need to breed generations out they will hatch out clean of parasites... Lol I did a fecal test on my f1 grasshopper colony and they were clean.
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Great pics Ranger. Those guys are feasting arent they! And for anyone interested these are a great feeder. Being green they really attract the chams prey drive. Ive never seen a cham not eat a green hopper or katydid. They really help with reluctant feeders or new wc's that dont like cricks.

I usually collect/hunt a few times a month and get a few. Ive been slacking this yr though. Ive never had a cham get parasites from wild feeders. And I get fecals done at least 2x a yr for most of my crew. I'd be more worried about spraying than parsites. But I have a good clean place I go collect from...
 
Texas Ranger said:
I would like to see those I bet they look like these that I breed called Florida giant katydids.
And with katydids if you just collect the eggs and put them in a different area away from the wild ones then there is no need to breed generations out they will hatch out clean of parasites... Lol I did a fecal test on my f1 grasshopper colony and they were clean.
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Yep, that is pretty much exactly what they look like.
 
Swayne8998 said:
Good idea! :D I heard from xanthoman that you should breed at least 4 generations to make sure the parasites are gone. (At least for snails.) Some of my family lives in Arkansas, and boy would a chameleon love it there. 80% humidity, lots of trees, and plenty of cicadas and katydids. Except the katydids there are three inches long and actually look like a giant leaf... lol they scare the crap outta me too. I might put a picture of one up later, they are way bigger than those guys! Lol. But seriously, I might consider getting some from you if you do decide to breed, if that's ok.
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Or it could be these the red eye devil katydid.... Here are some pics of her at rest and then when I went to touch her for the first time she fired up wings and mouth open. Yeah I said screw that lol. They are the only carnivorous katydid they are like mantis and eat crickets this is my 4 species of katydid I am still working on breeding I have eggs now.. now the wait to see when they hatch.
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Texas Ranger said:
Or it could be these the red eye devil katydid.... Here are some pics of her at rest and then when I went to touch her for the first time she fired up wings and mouth open. Yeah I said screw that lol. They are the only carnivorous katydid they are like mantis and eat crickets this is my 4 species of katydid I am still working on breeding I have eggs now.. now the wait to see when they hatch.
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Lol NO WAY, they looked like those first pics you posted. By the way, are those Florida katydids hard to breed?
 
Texas Ranger said:
Feed them romain lettuce,rose leaves,or any bramble plant like blackberry and raspberry leaves mist them 1 time a day keep them in a screen or net set up with lots of sticks to climb and lay there eggs on. I breed 3 different kinds of katydids and 2 breed and lay eggs all year long and hatch a room temp in 20 to 30 days . The one you have there lays 2 to 3 times a year and the eggs need to be cooled to 50 or 60 degrees for a month to break dipause. They will hatch from 3 months to 9 months.... Also most katydids lay there eggs on sticks. I breed grass hoppers to 5 different species. 3 are seasonal and give me eggs one to 2 times a year and take 3 months to a year to hatch the other 2 a stimulated by temp and if keap warm breed and lay all year and eggs hatch fast to. They are a swarm locust/grasshopper..... They also lay there eggs in dirt instead of on sticks ....

Oh and TPM I should be getting eggs again soon I will send you some more we can't have Texas chams just eatting crickets and roaches lol. :p:D
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Here you go basic care :)
 
Texas Ranger said:
I would like to see those I bet they look like these that I breed called Florida giant katydids.
And with katydids if you just collect the eggs and put them in a different area away from the wild ones then there is no need to breed generations out they will hatch out clean of parasites... Lol I did a fecal test on my f1 grasshopper colony and they were clean.
PadreKaydidsandmore42212012.jpg
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Yeah we have giant ones like the ones pictured. I saw one the other day that at first glance thought was a giant Mantis. Then upon further looking it turned out to be a huge and I mean HUGE Katydid. I am going to try and catch some to breed them. Thanks for the care sheet.
 
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