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OK, so, after going to great lengths to secure an inexpensive, ongoing food source for Khalil (dubias), Khalil has apparently decided that he is too good for them. Won't touch them any more. He DOES, however, adore butter worms, which cost me $60 a month through Mulberry Farms, which is entirely...

OK, so, we all know beardie poop smells awful. As we head into the summer, I'm finding that I'm having a hard time keeping Khalil's tank from stinking to high heaven. I'm typically not at home during the day, so when K does his business, it often sits for quite a while. I've taken to cleaning...

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Can anyone point me to a good place to buy water crystals online? In the past, I've had people tell me you can get them at home centers or nurseries, but I've never been able to find them. I'm getting tired of paying extra to buy little "one gallon portions" from cricket and roach vendors. I'd...

. . . you go to give your beardie a phoenix worm treat, and a creepy looking black fly pops out of the container? My son did NOT need that at 6 am today!

OK, so, I want to put tile on the bottom of my enclosure. So far we've used shelf liner, but I'm ready to upgrade. spurlee told me the most important thing is that it be rough, so he's not ice skating on it. Any particular recommendations? Also, what's the deal with getting tile cut? My tank...

Hi folks, OK, so I've had Khalil in a Exo-Terra 40-gal tank (The PT-2613 here: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/glass_terrarium.php). I'd been using a MegaRay together with a heat projector, which gave me the right temps throughout the tank, plus UV. However, as I mentioned in another...

Hi folks, It's been a while since I've posted, but would like a little advice. Khalil is growing up, bit by bit. He was born in October, we got him in Jan, so he's about 5 months old, and in general doing pretty well. Doesn't like his veggies too much. In the past week, though, he's taken to...

So, my 9-yo son went to give our budding dubia colony some more water crystals tonight, and he found BABIES! Our first! :D Yay! We started the colony right before Christmas Eve, so it hasn't even been two months! Now, of course, we just have to let them keep going. We didn't start with too...

Hey folks, Been pretty busy around here. Just thought I'd report back with a quick update and pics! http://mikestevedragontales.blogspot.com/2010/02/quick-update.html

So, we've had Khalil for 2 weeks now. (Seems like a lot longer!) Khalil still appears, to my untrained eye, to be very stressed out and defensive. He still has stress marks on his belly (pervasively - I've never seen him without them), and any time I approach the cage he shifts nervously away...

OK, so, I've had my dubias since Xmas, so just about a month. I have mebbe 35 adults, not sure of the male:female ratio. I have temps working nicely. Still not sure about my humidity, but I'm keeping plenty of water gel in there, and don't trust my hygrometer. The thing is, other than to throw...

People have told me that water crystals (to make gel for feeders) can be bought at many garden centers, etc., but I can't find them anywhere. I'd really rather buy a big container than keep buying little bits from the roach/cricket vendors. Does anyone have any suggestions for the best place to...

Any suggestions for bumping the humidity in my dubia colony? It seems like no matter what I do, I'm still at 20% according to my thermometer/hygrometer. I understand it's best to get this up to around 40%. The therm is sitting on the bottom of the tank, right above the heating pad. It registers...

OK, so tonight I'm tackling my first cleaning of the cricket bin. :) I have a second bin at hand and ready to go. Is the process pretty much this? 1. Take out the water/food and transfer to the new. 2. Transfer the crates from old to the new, with as many crickets as possible. 3. Vomit at...

OK, so we've had Khalil since noon on Sunday, which means about 2.5 days. I've been feeding him fresh salad every day, and offering crickets 3 x day outside of his terrarium, in a tupperware container. So far, as far as I can tell, he hasn't eaten anything. My son insists he ate some salad, but...

OK, so I have a dubia colony growing. Or potentially growing, I haven't actually seen any babies yet. In the mean time, I am feeding crickets, but they are rather nastier than expected. :D Are there any other feeders that would make a good stop-gap until I get the dubia colony working, but...

I've done a bunch of Googling, but I can't find a picture of what stress markings look like. Does anyone have a pic?

So, we brought Khalil home today for the first time, yay! The basking spot is now a glorious 108, and 12" from the MegaRay MVB. PERFECT. Except that, um, Khalil apparently wants to be warmer still. My enclosure has a rocky background (http://www.battisti.us/stuff/terrarium_setup_1.jpg) that is...

Hey guys! Just wanted to introduce our new little guy in his new enclosure! This is "Khalil the Awesome," as named by my son Mike. :) More to follow! Steve