repashy grub pie every day, bok choy + pellets every second day, and the occasional wax worms or banana.
kayenzed":1gxuz32e said:Thanks for the quick reply!
I'll get a fecal done on Tuesday if things don't change, I really hope it's dietary because I'd rather keep my $85 !
I'll try her on collard greens or rocket instead. As for live feeders, there's limited choice here in New Zealand so that's why I chose repashy. I stopped feeding her crickets because she would eat $30 worth every two days! I would love to breed them but unfortunately don't have the space. The other option is locusts which are even more expensive and probably too big for her yet. Or mealworms which id rather stay away from.
kingofnobbys":2wvn1jtr said:Try Frog Arcade (Melbourne), https://frogs.org.au/live-foods/
I think you'll be able to get crickets in bulk , or superworms in lots of 500 sent across the moat by air parcel post from them.
They send out orders on Tuesdays, so the deadline for online orders is 9am Tuesday . I'm in Newcastle and my crickets usually arrive Wednesday or Thursday , they ship all over Australia, so they'll have no problem sending to NZ.
I usually buy 700 x 2/3 sized crickets which come in a 4" diam mailing tube. (every 2 weeks of so)
Just Googled NZ insect breeders :http://biosuppliers.nz/crimson_004.htm , ouch ! pricey (a $1NZ / cricket in small tubs ONLY from them .
If you breed crickets from a tub of large crickets, I think all you'll need is a peet coir and some egg crates and a 30L plastic filing box , they wont crawl/climb/jump out of this.
kayenzed":38pnzxda said:kingofnobbys":38pnzxda said:Try Frog Arcade (Melbourne), https://frogs.org.au/live-foods/
I think you'll be able to get crickets in bulk , or superworms in lots of 500 sent across the moat by air parcel post from them.
They send out orders on Tuesdays, so the deadline for online orders is 9am Tuesday . I'm in Newcastle and my crickets usually arrive Wednesday or Thursday , they ship all over Australia, so they'll have no problem sending to NZ.
I usually buy 700 x 2/3 sized crickets which come in a 4" diam mailing tube. (every 2 weeks of so)
Just Googled NZ insect breeders :http://biosuppliers.nz/crimson_004.htm , ouch ! pricey (a $1NZ / cricket in small tubs ONLY from them .
If you breed crickets from a tub of large crickets, I think all you'll need is a peet coir and some egg crates and a 30L plastic filing box , they wont crawl/climb/jump out of this.
Wow thank you so much for this! That would be very very helpful if they ship to NZ! There's another place called insectdirect where I used to get my crickets, but they're the same price. As for breeding them I did some research awhile back and apparently you need heat for them, certain soil, a container for eggs, and then another container for the babies once they've grown a little? Idk it seemed crazy. What's peet coir?
kayenzed":2n6ut666 said:Wow, you make it sound much easier than the rest of the Internet! I'll have to ask my Flatmate though, see how she feels about having tubs of crickets in her house (I rent and she owns it).
That frogs site doesn't ship to NZ, but I'll email them anyway and see. I asked in a NZ Facebook group I'm in and I discovered that Phoenix worms are available here, but they're called Calci worms which is why I got confused. So yay! $20 for 200 worms, as opposed to $30 for 50 crickets lol. Thanks so much for your help
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