reptalica
Very Well-Known Member
Having just been to visit our reptile vet in Melbourne and take our 3 x Central Netted's for the first time for a general health check and sexing we finally realised what we thought for a while - we have two boys and a girl.
The visit certainly opened up our eyes so far as dietary requirements are concerned highlighting the need to throw a lot more variety into their diet as it was suggested a diet of predominantly crickets and a % of greens is possibly not sufficient.
Hence my thread.
We were told that various outdoor bugs and critters will certainly add to the mix of calcium requirements with the need to rely on dusted crickets.
Those mentioned including your common garden worms, moths, ants, flies, spiders et al, as well as native plants and berries.
I was wondering if any of those on here have their own methods/ideas/devices or home made traps on how to catch these critters that adorn our garden.
Cheers and thanks.
** Just a further note this vet also can test your uv light source and determine whether it is operating efficiently, if at all. Very important for those who keep uv dependant herps. **
The visit certainly opened up our eyes so far as dietary requirements are concerned highlighting the need to throw a lot more variety into their diet as it was suggested a diet of predominantly crickets and a % of greens is possibly not sufficient.
Hence my thread.
We were told that various outdoor bugs and critters will certainly add to the mix of calcium requirements with the need to rely on dusted crickets.
Those mentioned including your common garden worms, moths, ants, flies, spiders et al, as well as native plants and berries.
I was wondering if any of those on here have their own methods/ideas/devices or home made traps on how to catch these critters that adorn our garden.
Cheers and thanks.
** Just a further note this vet also can test your uv light source and determine whether it is operating efficiently, if at all. Very important for those who keep uv dependant herps. **