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Im currently using crickets. I buy 2000 at a time and store them. They stink after a while and are a pain.
Is there any other food I can use as a staple that lasts long and is easy to keep?
I did a search on the postings but couldnt find any.
James
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Well u can make a diet strickly of mealworms and occasionally a waxy here and there. A lot cheaper too, they dont stink nor cost a lot of money to breed. They dont stink when you store then and dont need to buy special gutload. Just put 20 mealies in a dish, with some calcium dust in it so they can crawl around in and get it all over their bodies because one little dab in calcium suppliment will come off easily. Once you put 20 in and if their is any left over just put as much as it takes to get to 20. they dont eat as much is infront of them. They will come back during the night and stuff.
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Can I bread them?
just one dish with calcium. Will they breed?
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If you are going to breed them, then look at one of peachstategeckos posts and click the link to breeding mealworms. But no thye wont breed while they are inthe dish because it takes weeks for them to turn into the inbetween stage of a beetle and a mealworm, thne it takes 2 weeds for them to turn into beetle.s
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Mealies and Supers. They are by a longshot easier and more economical. Especially when you start using Supers. Super worms also provide good movement which is a key to triggering a good feeding response.
I would also try silkworms, google it up and see what you find
We're debating mealworms right now, i would like to mention though nothing should be a staple. Even if you switch to the worm feeders try to buy a dozen or so crix that your leos can eat in one sitting for variety.
High protein, soft-bodied, easy to breed, ridiculously easy to keep, no stink, minimal cleaning. Well, depending on the species anyway. Lobsters are the cheapest to invest in, but they're a pain in the butt to maintain after awhile just because they multiply so quickly. I recommend these non-climbers:
discoids (B. discoidales)
orange spotted (B. dubia)
orange heads (E. prosticus)
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chickabowwow
I wish I could get roaches here; the only feeders I can get are crickets, mealworms and supers. Can also get grasshoppers, but people said they have lots of parasites in them.
Anyone know where I can buy roaches online, overseas shipment though...
Who says the grasshoppers have parasites? Do they come from the same sources that produce your crickets?
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chickabowwow
I think they're not from the same source, I HOPE. Personally, I have never seen any grasshoppers for sale; but a few months ago, when I talked with some people (reptile shop people) about parasites, they asked if I have feed them grasshoppers and they also told me not to try it as they hosts lots of parasites. It could be something that only the 'insiders' know, I am not sure, but I won't try it anyway just to be safe.
I saw your pictures of the various roaches, they don't look too scary, it would be nice if I could replace the crickets with roaches; the cricket bin stinks.
I think grasshoppers would actually be even better than roaches and crickets in terms of nutrition. I'd keep looking for another source if I were you. 
As for roaches, I know there are a couple of big name knobtail gecko breeders in Hong Kong. There's Kin (http://knobtails.com/) and I think one other person but I can't remember the name. They do exchanges with some of the big name breeders in the States. It seems like roaches are pretty popular among knobtail breeders, so maybe you could try contacting the ones in HK to see if they may have any.
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chickabowwow
I'll see if I can find some roaches. With the grasshoppers, is there anyway I can test if they carry parasites? Maybe squash one and do a floatation?
Bonnie
I'm still trying to figure that out myself. I know some vets will do the testing for you, but I'm not sure how.
Let me know what you find out.
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