symphonica
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Are there any feeders that can be housed together? Or must I have a different container for each species? And are crickets carnivorous, where the larger guys will eat the smaller, thus requiring them to be separated by size?
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Swayne8998
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Not really. Not any I can think of at least. Some insects (such as mantids) are carnivorous and territorial, and will eat other insects. As long as the crickets are provided with a good food supply, they will not eat each other. The same is for dubias. Through raising them, I never had an issue with cannibalism, unless they are underfed. Then they will most definitely resort to eating each other.
symphonica
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Hmmm. Call me lazy and undedicated, but all these separate containers of feeders to have to feed and clean are getting to be a bit much, not to mention taking up quite a bit of room. I guess beggars can't be choosers, though, as the other option would be to go out to buy on a day-to-day basis.
pigglett79
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I know people who keep multiple feeders together. I keep them all separate, but if you look at littleleaf (Cheryl) she even has a video of her set up with green banana roaches, snails and isopods all living together.
Swayne8998
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I would be very interested in seeing this video.
I understand your pain! Haha. It can be very difficult to keep up with it all, but in my opinion it's all worth it to keep the insects healthy, which in turn keeps the cham healthy.
MitchA
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The crickets can be a huge pain. Depending on whether you want to breed your feeders mixing them with crickets would be a bad idea. I work at a feeder farm (guess that would be the best thing to call it).
Crickets can be cannibalistic but that's only if a.dont feed them or b.have too many in such a small living space. They also move around like mad and this can have tendencies to irritate other types of insects!
However with that being said. My super worms at home seem to love living with my Dubai roaches. They clean out my colony well!
But overall the only species you should keep with your feeders is the dermestid beetle. Those things are the best for large quantities of feeders in my personal opinion!
Mike!
Crickets can be cannibalistic but that's only if a.dont feed them or b.have too many in such a small living space. They also move around like mad and this can have tendencies to irritate other types of insects!
However with that being said. My super worms at home seem to love living with my Dubai roaches. They clean out my colony well!
But overall the only species you should keep with your feeders is the dermestid beetle. Those things are the best for large quantities of feeders in my personal opinion!
Mike!
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