just curious

[whereswaldo]

ive been looking around at different feeders and i see flying feeders first off how do you catch them to even get them in the cage especially the flys and also ive erd monarch butterflys are poisonous, so are there other ones that could be bad for my waldo?? and last what is the easiest to keep/ most calcium rich of all of them? i was sorta thinking of praying mantis or something but i dont think i have the room required... i read theyll eat eachother if kept together.

 

[whereswaldo]

stickbugs

i also seen that they have stick bugs online are they safe?

 

[madden]

Where did you find the stick insects? They're safe to feed but I'm pretty sure they're illegal in the US, Or at least the Indian stick insects are, I believe due to the fact that they're parthenogenetic (reproduce asexually) so even one escaped female could establish them as an invasive species.

 

[Sticktongue]

As for flies. I order Blue Bottle fly pupae. you hatch them out in a container and when you want to feed some off, you stick them in the freezer for about a minute. It slows them down enough to powder them and toss them in the cage.

 

[whereswaldo]

oh that is easy enough and im guessing yesterday i musta wandered onto a uk site i tried to loook it up again and thats what poped up, on the other hand there all over my area could i catch and quarentine them? or not even take a chance? i didnt realize they were asexual but that explains y i have never seen one without a baby though. there would be absolutly no reason for me to touch maggots would there cause along with roaches i just cant!

 

[zorygirl]

Stick bugs are available everywhere. I got some off CL. You can't import them but they are native to the US.

 

[whereswaldo]

whats cl

Stick bugs are available everywhere. I got some off CL. You can't import them but they are native to the US.

can u site it so i can find it i tried googling it and just confusd the pc
are they hard to keep?
if i found cool bugs like that for waldo can i quarentine it to make it safe and for how long?

 

[whereswaldo]

lol hunny said no flys no roaches anthng else he didnt mind, kinda a city boy i do the bugs part of waldo he just stares at him.
how do u talk the worms into becoming moths what temp? i seen someone was saying there yemen loved wax moths,

 

[Monties1982]

As far as butterflies go, you can feed painted lady butterflies to chameleons. Here's a link to some that are specifically for feeding to reptiles.
http://educationalscience.com/reptilediet-butterflies.htm

 

[Monties1982]

And on this page, there are breeding kits if you want to breed them yourself.
http://educationalscience.com/breedingsupplies.htm

 

[Crayola]

As for flies. I order Blue Bottle fly pupae. you hatch them out in a container and when you want to feed some off, you stick them in the freezer for about a minute. It slows them down enough to powder them and toss them in the cage.

Where did you order those! I need them for my chameleon. He was eating House flies but its too cold and I cant find any! And he doesnt eat worms or fruit flies. If you could let me know that would be awesome