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kinyonga
at Wed Apr 5 15:21:18 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kinyonga ]
I can't think of any way to retrieve the crickets in a cage of that size...so why not just provide the crickets with a gutload of fruits, veggies and greens in a jar lid on the floor of the cage? Its not a "complete" gutload, but should be good enough when your chameleon would also be getting other "fresh" insects...and it provides food for your veiled too.
Some of my cages (not chameleons...because I use no substrate in them) have a constant population of crickets that feed on the veggies, greens, fruits that I provide for the omnivore lizards and turtles that live in those cages. The crickets seem healthy and so do the reptiles that are feeding on them....so I would think that the crickets in a chameleon cage would be kept healthy enough this way too.
I have catch stray crickets that are loose in my house by putting a container that is tall enough that the crickets can't jump out of on the floor with a "y" shaped branch that touches the floor outside the container, but only overhangs the container...the crickets climb up the branch and fall into the container and eat the food that I have used to lure them there.
Sorry if these suggestions aren't what you are looking for....but its all that I can think of.
You said..."PS:How do you think of the size of the cage for a male veiled?"....sounds like quite a big cage. I'm not good with gallons...what are the dimensions (roughly)?
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RE: collecting the crickets back,how?? - kinyonga, Wed Apr 5 15:21:18 2006