Tessa
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Okay! I have banana and green pepper. Do they like that you think?
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Diet beyond crickets
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like in last comment i put a carrot in there or some leftover greens from Izzy's salad like the stems... but be careful on increasing the humidity in the container as mold and the like will kill them off or cause little bugs..
When I give them to Izzy I feed her bugs in a glass flat bottom bowl in her tank I'll put her roaches, supers, and some of the greens for her and them to eat..
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I wouldn't do anything that has too much moisture
Tessa
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Okay understood. I only have 25 so I'm sure he will eat them quickly. How many do you think he will eat? I will order dubia when it's warmer
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PatsyB raises supers so she may have better advice on the foods she gives.. they will eat just about anything the leafy greens are likely the best..
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just give him 1 and see how he does, then go off that.. Izzy will sometimes only eat a few then other days she'll eat as many as I would put down if she had her way.... lol
Tessa
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Lol oh boy
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Brandon sixofwands sells dubia's here on the forum that's who I got my last colony from.. check him out on the for sale section.
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you wanna make sure he eats them ok and poops ok..
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Okay thanks! I just cleaned his tank so I'm letting him warm up and then I'll give him one
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just make sure you are not feeding too close to bedtime for them... you should stop feedings a couple of hours before lights out so they can properly digest. Remember they need heat to digest
Tessa
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Right! It's 7:30 here and I don't turn his lights off until 12:30-1
Just coming on to this, took kitty to the groomer and then took a long nap!
You can put your supers a glade ware bowl with some wheat bran or oatmeal for substrate and feed them the same salad items you would give Sosa. Just poke holes in the top for ventilation. Beardies have pretty strong jaws. I was giving Luci large ones at 6 months and he would bite them into pieces and then eat the pieces he dropped.
Don't freak out though. Sometimes when they start eating supers it takes a few days to poop. Make sure you temps are spot on so that they can digest them.
You can put your supers a glade ware bowl with some wheat bran or oatmeal for substrate and feed them the same salad items you would give Sosa. Just poke holes in the top for ventilation. Beardies have pretty strong jaws. I was giving Luci large ones at 6 months and he would bite them into pieces and then eat the pieces he dropped.
Don't freak out though. Sometimes when they start eating supers it takes a few days to poop. Make sure you temps are spot on so that they can digest them.
The weather is the reason I order in bulk. When Dexter was a year, we ran out of crickets, it was below zero and none of the stores had them in stock. They were getting shipments DOA and what they could salvage they needed for the store animals. That's when I started using supers as a staple. The first heat wave, 35 degrees and up, I ordered THOUSANDS of supers and crickets! I keep then in breeder tanks with metal lids supers last 4-5 months and crickets about a month before they all get eaten!
Tessa
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Are superworms safe? Should I cut them up? I just fed one to him and he tried to eat it and he gave up because it looked like it kept trying to hurt him? Bite him or something? If I cut it up will it still move?
They are creepy looking but super worms are completely safe. They will chew them real good and their stomach acid will digest them. If you cut them up their top half may still move for a little bit but that is it. I wouldn't want to cut them, I wouldn't even know how to do that LOL!
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I told them that I wanted the smallest worms they have and that's what they gave me. They're about as long as the top cap of a standard sharpie
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It's a new item give him a bit and keep trying he'll get it
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UPDATE
The first day I gave him one he totally went after it but kind of got into a wrestling match with it. He never actually ate it and now he's not interested in them anymore. Right now I put some peppers in a bowl and put the superworms in there and maybe he will try them again but it doesn't seem likely.
The first day I gave him one he totally went after it but kind of got into a wrestling match with it. He never actually ate it and now he's not interested in them anymore. Right now I put some peppers in a bowl and put the superworms in there and maybe he will try them again but it doesn't seem likely.
