How to house and feed feeder Insects (locusts)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Hi folks here is a short video on how to feed, house and care for your reptile & invertebrate feeders. Here we are re-housing locust with a simple plastic tank some paper towel, food source and water. Keep your feeders healthy & gut loaded.
If anyone has more information on Falcarinol, a compound in Carrots and how this reacts with feeders and other inverts when digested I would be ever thankful, I know that Falcarinol is a natural pesticide and fatty alcohol found in carrots, red ginseng, Panax ginseng and ivy. It protects roots from fungal diseases, such as liquorice rot that causes black spots on the roots during storage. However I would like to know if this would have any effects on feeders or praying mantis and spiders if the feeders are gut loaded with carrots? Or am just worrying over nothing as it may be based on how much of a dosage they get for it to cause harm?
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Makes my skin crawl seeing them juml about but still super interesting!!
I understand the skin crawling as I get this with earwigs and centipedes, however I thought this video would help keep their feeders healthy and also the importance of gut loading, especially in reptiles.
They seem to love carrots, apple, and savoy cabbage. The savoy works really well because it keeps for so long and they can chew through it a lot easier than most cabbage. I tend to drop in a big leaf every few days. They love it!
Really good idea using the lid! Great guide. Thanks for this!
Tidy setup that mate. Brilliant 👍🏻
Thanks so much.
Great stuff, and thanks for the laugh when you added the locusts. :)
Yeah they always go everywhere.
Had no idea you were doing these vids fairplay mate
Yes mate, thought I would share my journey with others.
Keep up good work mint again
Thanks you keep up the great videos of your games.
Well nice setup mate
Thanks Mate, I mean son lol x
Another awesome video!
Thanks so much
Thank-you, I have my first fan mail today. Video coming out later.
I put wild rocket in with mine yesterday. They love it! :) Didn't last long though i had to put more in . Awesome video man.
A nice tasty green snack always goes down well with them, they even eat the plants in bio active setups if the mantids don't get them in time 😂
One of my friends didn't have the heart to feed his large monitor lizard live vertebrates, so he instead gave him very large locusts instead. He's doing just fine as far as I know.
Nice vid mate.
Cool vid mate 👍🏻
Thanks for watching
Thank-you so much.
how long did it take to build that setup ????
It takes minutes, the tank is shop bought, adding the food, water and other stuff etc helps keep them healthy and alive longer.
How do you keep them warm enough in a critter tank like that? My son wanted to bring some home from the pet shop!
A better way to give them water, so they don't drown is using water beads. You can buy thousands from ebay for cheap. Also, that insect keeper isn't a fish tank. Those things are not suitable for fish at all. I use woodshavings for a substrate for insects that i keep cause they can burrow if they want. Locusts prob won't do that much but I still like to keep them on woodshavings cause you don't have to clean that out as often as paper towels
Thanks for the info, I didn't like the bug gel myself however I know other people who use it. I call it a fish tank as these were the tanks we had as kids, showing my age now 😂😂😂😂
@@TheMantisMan I don't use bug gel. I buy these beads that soak up water and then the insects can eat them to get a water source. I feel its safer than leaving water in a bowl. I don't think I would want to use that bug gel either
Hi, I've pretty much got mine set up the same. I get large locusts, but at least half of them die in the first 3 or 4 days. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I currently keep the tank on top of the lizard viv right above where the heat lamp is. Do you think they aren't warm enough? Any advise is very much appreciated. 😊
Best thing to feed locusts is brambles/blackberry leaves
What size is that enclosure you use for the locust please and how much was it please
+Pam Sowden it was a plastic fish tank I bought from wilksons years ago about £10
Iv given mine carrots , I seen that carrots and veg were fine to give them.
That's great I just didn't risk it to be honest, however mine gwt apples, and other leafy greens and live savoy cabbage.
I dont wanna touch bugs and i have alot of locust and how do i feed my chamaleon it without touching it? Like if i put the cage in it it doesnt junp out
Long feeding forceps
i wish i was as confident handling them. sounds dumb im gonna feed them to a spider but i dont want to hurt them in the meantime.
How often do you need to change the food
I change every 2 days, best way is to keep a eye on it as it tends to go bad quicker in the summer months.
What can I use to keep them warmer im not keen on heat mats as its electric. I have water bottles and they seem to like the heat from that?
I use a room that is warm so maybe either near to a radiator, during the summer months you should be OK just in a room as they are.
@@TheMantisMan can thy eat the apple as its going brown and soft? When do I need to take the apple out it will prob start to go moldy at some point. Thanks
@@rachelhughes2837 I take the apple out after 24hrs
Heres a tip........use catsan or any kitty litter products for the base floor...no wee smells.
Oooo interesting, thanks for the info. Kind regards The Mantis Man
@@TheMantisMan no worries...it definitely works..keep up the videos... PS also i give all my mantis honey once a month from a cocktail stick....they love it
Vermiculite tends to take in the moisture well and keep bad smell away
You don’t know how to take care, grasshoppers