The Adventures of THING: *DU Warning

They are really neat but they need a great deal of room. One of my friend's has one. The cage is large enough that two people could fit into it standing, and still have room. Her green tree monitor uses every inch of space.

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Originally Posted by mr~python

what are you feeding him? might want to think i about more insects in his diet if he's feeding on rodents very much. he looks chunky.

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Marshall, Thing does not touch any type of insect...period.... I have tried several, but they are all no go.... except earth worms... and even then, he dont LOVE them or anything... he gets rodents 2 times a week... along with all the various things we discussed on another thread about him.

Thing "looks" chunky, b/c in the pics he is actually laying sprawled out flat on my bed, on top of a thick feather mattress cover, making him look chunky.... however, when he is up moving, he is not as chunky as he appears and his belly does not drag. When walking he looks perfectly normal...

He's very cute, Jeanne :) Reminds me of mine when he was a baby LOL!


And you're right - they are definitely eating machines! Mine still eats his insects (locusts though, he doesn't like sometimes perching high up and he has to chase them and stretch - plenty of exercise but I enjoy being cruel :D

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Originally Posted by Jeanne

Marshall, Thing does not touch any type of insect...period.... I have tried several, but they are all no go.... except earth worms... and even then, he dont LOVE them or anything...

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Did you try roaches?

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Originally Posted by Schlyne

Did you try roaches?

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Nope. And we wont be either. My hubby will not allow any roaches in the house, even if they are feeder bugs... says we have to fight Mansfield roaches enough as is, and it would be rediculous to bring others in, even if they are a different species.

* Where I live, ppl are obviously not very clean, so b/c of that, I am fighting all my neighbors pet roaches, cost me a butt load of cash to keep them in control.

lobster roaches are a tropical speies that will die if they got out in any part of north america except florida.

B. dubia will not reproduce without being feed larger quantities of fruit (and they need higher humidity)

[my few dubia escapes have died rather quickly]

B. latteralis needs high heat and high humdity to live as well.

Unforunately, sometimes it's hard to get the idea of feeder roaches across to a spouse :P

He is adorable!!!

Jeanne, what about crickets?

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Originally Posted by mr~python

Jeanne, what about crickets?

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I have tried crix... meal worms, super worms, silk worms, horn worms, butter worms... just about anything I can get my hands on....(but not including roaches, as hubby said HECK NO in no uncertain terms).. the only insect he will take from time to time is earth worms bought at a local worm "breeder" who does not use detergents to make the worms come out of the dirt for harvesting- dude literally sits there and picks them out, digging through his worm bins. Most of the time, I dig through them for what I need even.

so because he wont take much else than the meat type things we discussed once before, I am giving him suppliments a few times week, snuck into ground turkey balls.

Yes, Thing is a picky picky monster... I really wish I had more info on his history to help me understand why he is so picky.