why don't we feed black crickets?

[froggy]

:? why do we use brown crickets when we have huge black crickets here?

 

[MrBredli]

Racism.

 

[cris]

:? why do we use brown crickets when we have huge black crickets here?

They are dark and scary? i have no idea why you dont use them. My herps like to eat them.

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

if you got heaps of wild black crix you gan gather them and feed to your frogs etc live or freeze them for later.I always take advantage of the cricket season, and the moth season and in redhill in spring you cant walk or you will tread on green caterpillars,not sure what they are,these can be gathered by the bucket and frozen to.
skinks and dragons love them.
I think the brown cricket must breed easier .

 

[Forensick]

i thought it was bad to use wild (read captured) insects as food?

 

[junglepython2]

Black crickets can be damn noisy as well.

Nothing wrong with feeding wild insects as long as they are pesticide free, if anything they would offer some nutrional variety from captive insects which all eat the same thing.

 

[Forensick]

how do you know they are pesticide free?

 

[mitchdiamond]

how do you know they are pesticide free?

Collect them from your own garden so you know that no pesticides are being used.

 

[Forensick]

hmmmm

inner city melbourne......
does my 3x4 metre garden count?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

You will have to go further afield forensick. The annual redhill caterpillar chowdown is certainly worth the drive if you have a few mouths to feed.

 

[JEMMI]

you can

you can feed them, just break off the back hopping legs as they have a very sharp barb which could be deadly to frogs.
big dragons etc are fine and you should take advantage of free food and freeze as many as possible.

 

[PhilK]

Yeah I was gonna say that people worry about the spines, but I've seen photos of frogs eating bats... so you know, I'm sure they could cope just fine with a spiky foot.

 

[Oskorei]

what about those big burrowing crickets you get in the crass and stuff, how would they go?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

what about those big burrowing crickets you get in the crass and stuff, how would they go?

Mole crickets are great value for young monitors and pretty much everything else

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/ssssnakeman/Monitors and Skinks/rufcwix.jpg

 

[Oskorei]

score!! when the beardies get bigger its hunting time!

 

[Chrisreptile]

You will have to go further afield forensick. The annual redhill caterpillar chowdown is certainly worth the drive if you have a few mouths to feed.

when is the caterpillar season down your way?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

During spring they appear for a few days only, maybe a week, they actually carpet some areas quite thickly.

 

[Chrisreptile]

During spring they appear for a few days only, maybe a week, they actually carpet some areas quite thickly.

kool, i might have to check it out.

 

[zulu]

re why

You will have to go further afield forensick. The annual redhill caterpillar chowdown is certainly worth the drive if you have a few mouths to feed.

Yes you can use black crickets i do,also cockroaches etc,like snakeman says there is windows of opportunity,for catterpillars and locusts often appear in huge numbers some areas,freeze them.

 

[DoofinFrog]

Curious....what is this about feeding frozen food to your frogs?
I have never seen my fellows eat anything not moving?