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monitor food

mxer_kx Jan 09, 2007 03:48 AM

hey all befor i get my monitor i want to setup some breeding colonies of a variety of insects i already have hissers and have access to the common insects cany anyone suggest some easy and hardy insects i could breed for food for my monitor

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MikeT Jan 09, 2007 06:52 AM

Discoid roaches are easy to breed. What kind of monitor? Roaches are really only 'useful' for young midsize monitors. They have a very limitied utility for working with monitors, at least what I found. Crickets and rodents are the only long time realistic way to go.

hookracing Jan 12, 2007 07:54 PM

IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY WATER SUPER WORMS HAVE WORKED FOR ME. THEY ARE EASY FOR THE MONITOR TO DIGEST AND THEY HAVE TONS OF PROTEIN. I JUST DUST THEM WITH REPCAL CALCIUM AND MULTI VITAMINS AND PUT THEM IN A BOWL IN HIS CAGE.

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