Wild Crickets for Leos?

[MelissaFlipski]

I discovered the joy of hand feeding PT mealworms! How cute! She burped and said, "How come I never had those before?!"

I don't even know about having a hissing cockroach for educational purposes let alone a whole colony of little guys milling around in a bucket. For me, that's worse than TX Chainsaw Massacre. Did anyone see "Freak Show: The Movie"? One of the skits was the germaphobe freak overrun by roaches. While I'm not a germaphobe, it's still my worse nightmare. I would win on Fear Factor with snakes, but lose with roaches!!!

[dr del]

Not that I wouldn't mind having a tapeworm for awhile..

Oh no, not for me.

There was a tv program featuring someone who intentionally infected himself and filmed all the way through - gave me the heebies eventually.

Then he treated himself and ....erm...."harvested" it with a seive.

Layed it out on the lawn to measure it and managed to break it into peices - I honestly thought he was going to cry.


dr del

[MelissaFlipski]

Don't mean to hyjack a thread but, can you use wild caught mice to feed to your snakes if you freeze them?

I know a guy that does this even with road kill. And he is the local timber rattlesnake expert and has worked with DNR. It's a matter of risk and benefit. We all make our own choices about that.

Oh no, not for me.

There was a tv program featuring someone who intentionally infected himself and filmed all the way through - gave me the heebies eventually.

Then he treated himself and ....erm...."harvested" it with a seive.

Layed it out on the lawn to measure it and managed to break it into peices - I honestly thought he was going to cry.


dr del

OK, this might qualify for one of the grossest hijacks.

[dr del]

OK, this might qualify for one of the grossest hijacks.

Woohoo!!


Do I win a prize?


dr del

[reptile3]

I just got 2 leo's a few weeks ago, the last owner said they didn't like mealworms. Well they do like them, I had feed them, & then leave some in the dish, they chow down on them!!!

hand feeding, I try not to do too much. Cause my Beardie is SPOILED now.. I have to hand feed him his greens most of the time. LOL

I discovered the joy of hand feeding PT mealworms! How cute! She burped and said, "How come I never had those before?!"

I don't even know about having a hissing cockroach for educational purposes let alone a whole colony of little guys milling around in a bucket. For me, that's worse than TX Chainsaw Massacre. Did anyone see "Freak Show: The Movie"? One of the skits was the germaphobe freak overrun by roaches. While I'm not a germaphobe, it's still my worse nightmare. I would win on Fear Factor with snakes, but lose with roaches!!!

[MelissaFlipski]

My leo refuses to be hand fed now. Likes crickets and meal worms. And I did decide to feed wild crickets from our pristine, chemical-free 8 acres. Parasites carried by crickets would probably not pass over to geckos. It's my personal decision. Don't crucify me for it. I'll let you know if she ever has a problem. Personally, I think those big black field crickets are much more nutritiuos than those in-bred pet store crickets.

[djansen]

My leo refuses to be hand fed now. Likes crickets and meal worms. And I did decide to feed wild crickets from our pristine, chemical-free 8 acres. Parasites carried by crickets would probably not pass over to geckos. It's my personal decision. Don't crucify me for it. I'll let you know if she ever has a problem. Personally, I think those big black field crickets are much more nutritiuos than those in-bred pet store crickets.

I agree with you, I feed wild grasshoppers and beattles to my water dragon all the time. heck they come already gut loaded!

And there is nothing wrong with him at all (except for the leg growing out of his head )

personally I think we baby reptiles a little to much, after all they have been around millions of years and are alot tougher than most give them credit for IMO.

[Patrick Long]

The way that I see it.

Is a 12 cent cricket vs a wild caught cricket worth HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of dollars worth of vet bills if the cricket does in fact have parasites?

[Holbeird]

The way that I see it.

Is a 12 cent cricket vs a wild caught cricket worth HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of dollars worth of vet bills if the cricket does in fact have parasites?

Personally I agree with pat on this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to "crucify" someone who decides to do otherwise, to each their own and I wish you the best of luck and hope nothing bad ever comes of it, it's just in my opinion that i'd rather not take the risk, regardless of how slight it might be. Either way, good luck.

[frankykeno]

For me it's simple - wild predators eat wild prey, captive predators eat captive prey.