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froggieb
at Thu May 11 16:33:53 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by froggieb ]
>>Iv seen the difference with my lizards, on a mixed diet of worms they are sluggish don’t move a lot have little appetite and appear bloated, on crickets alone they are alert energetic eat with appetite and make consistent stools, sorry but theirs no turning back on the diet for me now. Again I say try it then we talk.>>
I'm not gonna say you are wrong or that I am right, I am just gonna say that I feed my animals a mixed diet. I think it works for my animals!
I just posted on another forum concerning my opinion on these being sluggish animals, I don't think they are! I think that when we, their keepers are present, they hide, just as they would try to blend in in the wild. When I am in my reptile room performing maintenance on the insects and the babies tanks I hear a great amount of rustling and movement in the adults vivs every morning. If I turn quickly enough I see flashes of the animals running across the mesh fronts or jumping from vine to mesh side. Anything but inactive.
My armata are never in the same place from one inspection to the next and they are fed on superworms, nightcrawlers, dew worms, and roaches. I have just introduced silk worms today and will see if they are gone when I get home tonight. I know they are eating well, none are bloated or fat and I have to change out the water every day as it is full of fresh feces daily.
My capra are the same, moving from one place to another. The lepidogaster are usually hiding under ferns or the leaves of the vines. They eat mealworms, dew worms, roaches, silk worms and occasionally phoenix worms. Again, anything but inactive. When I am not messing with the viv or placing feeders I hear them rustling around in the leaves or tearing across the mesh. I find the feces on the ground and in the water, enough to show me that all are processing very well.
My babies have never tasted a cricket. They were started on mini-mealworms and then I added tiny regular mealworms, small silkworms, tiny roaches, and phoenix worms. There are 11 babies in the tank and every morning I remove 11 little poops! Some from the paper towel substrate and some with the water change. Yes, some days I count! I am amazed that they can mess daily!
So, no crickets, plenty of poo from all! Also plenty of activity, nice colors and no bloating, large clutch sizes, vigorous hatchlings, why should I think that I need to improve on this? I'm not saying things can't be improved, just that I never felt that there was a problem!
Just my opinion however and I know there is bound to be room for improvement/enhancement!
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RE: Ingo dingo bingo baby... - froggieb, Thu May 11 16:33:53 2006