Recent content by BensBeardie

I just read through Taffer's post. Some really interesting stuff there. Thanks for sharing. The main points i can see are. Dubia need a; Low 4%, Protien diet. It doesn't matter wether it's plant or animal (e.g Dog / Cat food) protein. Quality doesn't matter. Vitamin C can only be a good...

This might be a little tall for the distance from the UVB bulb. Unless you can get the basking platform area high up, or your UVB bulb down the back wall.

I can get some interesting shapes of polystyrene packing from work, I thought I could use. What is the 'grout' that needs to go on it? I'm in the Uk, so wondering if it is called something different. Also what type of paint?

I've used a couple of bamboo placemats, I got from Dunelm mill. I stuck them to some board then have used sticky Velcro, to put it on the back. It's only temporary for now, but it breaks up the background.

Moar heat!!!

Looks like she has started to shed now. At 1st I thought I was dust from her food. But today it has really started.

I had an order of 1000 arrive today. They are in a soil substrate. So I'm going to have to clean them them all, before I can feed them. If want do them all I one go, is something like oats or crunched corn flakes ok to put them in? Adding some fruit, veg scraps.

This is what the Arcadia ones look like.

Just get something like this and bend the end over. http://www.diy.com/departments/nails-screws-hardware/brackets/DIY580647.cat

Since having Leela just over a week, her poop has got worse and is very rank. She goes in the spot and almost the same time each morning. She's eating greens regularly, (dusted with nutrobal every other day) and she's had a mix of dubias and locusts, on alternate days. Is it just a change in...