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I experience a .5-2% weekly mortality. I have only been collecting this data for 2 months and it is still staggering, and my colonies are from 1 month old to 4 years old. What I have noticed after shipping, is the mortality rate IS high, and stabilizes after a month or less. Even where no deaths...

Yes, it does kill parasites. Freeze between 1-2 weeks to insure all parasites have been killed. Most bacteria on the otherhand will not die.

Awesome idea to adhere the container to a base! Super convenient to say the least!

Figuring out the diet for manduca etc is a problem. However, be patient and don't give up. It takes many tries to get the hang of raising crickets. Getting eggs and hatching them is the easy(est) part.

I am not aware of anyone supplementing and healthy dragons diet with protein. I have heard of people using spirulina, blue green algae, chorella etc as a salad topping (all a fine powder) and it is 50+% protein and easily digestible. I feed it to my crickets, Dubia etc. Emphasizing a varied...

Look for a hydroponic or indoor gardening store if your local Walmart does not have it. I have used both crystals and the watered, both equally nice. Be patient it can take a few tries keeping crickets.

CHE work great. UTH work well on a low setting. I have used both, they both work!

I have not found a better diet than fresh water, fresh veggies and a dry-corn based meal. However, I have personally fed vitamin/mineral dense diets to crickets without problems. They tend to eat larger amounts of them, but no drastic difference seen in the dragons or crickets. It was not a long...

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Consider letting them lay for just one day or two days Max, then replace container. This does not overextended the moisture content of your medium. They all hatch within 24-48 (following 7 day incubation period) so it is not necessary to hydrate the medium at all, which will inevitably kill...

Brandon. Knowing your position I can certainly see where I could have clarified on my earlier responce. I often do not transition from two different thoughts very well on the discussion forums. I did state "fine as a treat" but my over-emphasis is easily misinterpreted. From my experience...

I have heard of the phosphorus issue too. I would like to find more information on this. Either way, they make a poor staple. Also, consider floating the greens in water. I have heard this may help. Though the best way is to start feeding greens when young, or find greens they likes (kale and...

I don't understand why you single me out, LOL. You must have missed the part where other people were talking about mealworms. I could not agree more though, mealworms don't have much protein.

Mealworms have been proven safe for decades, they may not have the nutritional value of an exotic insect or a. domsetica but they are a fine treat. Careful with any new insect, sometimes your bearded dragon will eat too much and throw up or get slightly impacted. Just be careful and ease into...

Slow lethargic crickets are usually from low temps. Their back legs will become stuff and immobile if too cold as well. Check out the cricket care guide in a thread below.