Breeding woodies

[herptrader]

Nothing beats fluon but I have tried to teflon spray with limited success. The problems with solutions like teflon spray and cooking oil is that it does not last very long. Fluon will usually last you a good 6 months to a year for a single application.... and it is pretty much mess free once applied.

 

[lloydy]

If someone put a ring of slippery ice around you you could run over it, but good luck climbing a vertical surface covered in it.

Haha.. very true..

 

[bfg23]

herptrader- why dont you start selling fluon in smaller batches?

It would be great for the tight****s like me who dont want to spend thirty dollars for one tubs worth.

 

[Kitmin]

Thanks PhilK
I never thought of doing that. I am separating them to put into another container to feed them up to about 1cm for my baby inlands.
Kitmin

 

[lloydy]

i wonder what would happen if i was to crush up some viagra...
get these things pumping out little ones like no tomorrow.. haha

 

[Chicken]

haha nice one

 

[herptrader]

I can quite happily ride my bike on ice when I am in the zone balance wise... but (without studded tyres) I cannot ride it up an ice hill... let alone a vertical one!

I have an odd question that i cant really work out.

I did a ring of fluron on the ground and put a woodie in it.. it happily ran over it...? why is this? lol

dont ask me why i did it.. i just did! lol

 

[Chicken]

i got a 3.5m 15w heat cord off ebay for $28 for the woodie tub seeing as they have to be outside (when i asked mum she said ok but they have to stay outside..) but i'm not sure if i should tape it and wind it round the inside of the tub or to tape it underneath the tub? Will a 15w heat cord melt through plastic? And if its on the inside will the woodies chew through the wire?

 

[Megzz]

I'm sure this has been asked but whats the best things to feed them? Carrot seems to be going dry way too fast. Are oranges any good?

 

[Chicken]

is this hole for ventilation in lid big enough? It measures 18 by 18 cm. The actual tub is 57L and this is my only hole for ventilation and its got aluminium fly mesh on it. And megzz maybe try ,misting the carrot? Or yes you can try orange or apple pretty much anything just make sure it doesn't mould.

 

[Chicken]

oh the pic didnt work ill try this

 

[PhilK]

Yeah reprookie that looks fine. My mesh encompasses pretty much my entire lid but that should be OK.

Megzz carrot is fine.. mine go without food for months sometimes without a worry so they are pretty tough. They like oranges. I just throw them any kitchen scraps and they thrive.. at the moment you will find they are eating WAY less as it is cold.

 

[Chicken]

phil what do you use for heat? i have a heat cord thats 15w should i wind it round the inside or tape it underneath? If its 15w will that melt plastic? Will the woodies chew through it if its in the inside? my woodie tub is in the garage and i'm afraid that i wont have enough heat as winter is really cold. And i'm afraid that ill feed them off before they even breed. i Ordered 500 mixed woodies but i only have a few herps to feed.

 

[Chicken]

anyone know?

 

[PhilK]

I don't use anything for heat, and mine live outside.. gets down to like 0 degrees here. They die off a little but when summer comes around their numbers boom again..

 

[Chicken]

do they make enough numbers in summer ti last the winter?

 

[PhilK]

Yeah easily. They stop eating much in winter and their numbers drop off but I can still feed my animals no problems. I just pick on one colony and let the other grow slowly, then I transfer some from the good colony to the poor colony to boost numbers and get breeding going at the start of summer.

You can't really stuff woodies up

 

[Megzz]

You can't really stuff woodies up

You wouldn't think so... yet somehow I manage to kill mine a lot.

HOWEVER, in amongst all the carcasses today I did find a bunch of little tiny woodies running around so I'm not gonna give it up just yet

 

[Chicken]

Well i got my woodies today i got 500 woodies mixed sizes for $50 including postage. Do you think thats a good price? theres sure a lot lol and at the same time my heat cord came today. I wound it round the inside of the tub and then out the lid and underneath and taped it under the tub only covering half, its quite a long cord. It doesn't do the best job, its only a 15w and the temp only could reach about 19c, they're out in my garage so its cold so i added a lamp with a 45w white ceramic heat disk thingy and now it sits around 24 - 26c, do you think this temp is ok? It will be heaps more warmer in summer but in winter at that temp will they breed? Or will they go dormant? Im going to leave them to breed for a while and feed crickets meanwhile. And i think i might make a bigger hole in the lid or maybe even the sides because the humidity is 53% at the moment but i think could probably exceed 60%. Although i do want a lot of heat in there, so i don't want all the heat to escape what do you think? i have a pic up the page a bit. You guys are a massive help, i'd be in a big mess without this forum and i know i'm asking a lot but thanks so much!

 

[PhilK]

Heat is fine.. as I said you can let them get quite cold without drama. That humidity may stink them up and make them unhealthy so provide ventilation. Remember they are escape artists. They will climb your cord and escape, squeeze out of the tiniest gaps. Make sure you have fluon to keep them in.