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Old 01-18-2005, 02:01 PM   #6
John Apple
For the geckos I would say the lobsters or juvie deaths heads...try this for your mealies...put them in a drawer with a few pounds of oatmeal and leave them be...the worms will grow and turn into the chrysalid stage and then shed out as egg laying beetles..withen a couple of months from the start you will have baby worms...keep in mind these are not a good steady diet and supplimentation is necessary [other bugs]
What I do in the summer is go out and get meadow plancton[field bugs from a 'clean' field] or I set a bucket hanging from a light at night and cherry pick the bugs for my critters.
Lobsters are pretty cool as they are not to hard and they are rather small.
But they can climb smooth surfaces.
I keep giant cave roaches but they take a couple of years to be a productive colony. Had them for 4 years now and juvies to adults are not that hard [hard hissers anyone], the baby roaches are perfect for small lizards such as geckos and baby monitors