thorny devil

[cris]

Just because one species can adapt to another food source doesn't mean the other can or will. Also, I know a few people that had attempted to supplement their food, and nada. So, as current things stand, your guess would be wrong.

Yeah but this was done in Australia we are infants of herpetology. Thats why they will only learn how to keep them if exported to other countries, you obviously dont know much :lol:

 

[Renagade]

my uncle kept them in the 80's. he was a a national parl ranger at Kalbarri WA. he would just keep and release because they were so time consuming. these are some pics from castlew hill show. x

 

[wiz-fiz]

there are private breeders, i know 1 and have heard of others. In qld you can keep em, SA you need a specialist endorsment to keep them, NSW i'm not sure but sure you can keep them on a specialist permit, VIC probably cant keep em, no idea bout NT and WA i'd say no. The animals i know that were attemped to change over to a more readly available diet were all captive bred young. As i said they ate the alternative food source but all died, longest lasting one year. I guess its something in the ants that is needed for them to live, i have been thinking about if they could survive on something like crickets if they had their diet supplemented with ants every few feeds to provide them what other food items are lacking.

maybe you could try and hand feed them and go 10 ants = 1 alternative food source or something

 

[hornet]

maybe you could try and hand feed them and go 10 ants = 1 alternative food source or something

where did you get to?

 

[wiz-fiz]

I guess its something in the ants that is needed for them to live, i have been thinking about if they could survive on something like crickets if they had their diet supplemented with ants every few feeds to provide them what other food items are lacking.

that part

 

[Miss_Croft]

Welcome back Willia6

Renagade - thanks heaps for the great photos - they are very pretty lizards....

 

[Frozenmouse]

as far as i know a breeder here in the nt kept thorny devils with limited success he had 6 enclosures each with an established colony with one of the 2 different types of ants they eat and the deviles were moved between the enclosures eventually they all died after months of very hard work.