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I was reading on a web site today that sow bugs are a great feeder bug for reptiles has anyone ever heard of this I fed alot of things and tried differnt insects for my reptiles but I can honestly say I have never heard of sow bugs aka rollie pollies as a reptile food??????
 
When I was a kid I used to collect the soft bodied type to feed to my turtles, and they absolutely loved them and did very well on them. They were easy to find under rocks. These days, I would not try it, since there are so many pesticides and fertilizers used that they could come in contact with. Plus, I don't know if they might carry any parasites.

I was wondering about whether anyone has considered raising them as feeder insects though. It seems like they would be easy to keep and the size is nice. I wonder also what the nutritional value would be.

Maybe we can find an entomologist around. I'd love to find another choice for a convenient feeder choice. (and it doesn't turn into anything else which is nice!)
 
Yup, that was it. I found the page:
http://www.wormman.com/pd_sow.cfm
But the price is really high, $20 for 100 of them.
That would only be ok to me if they were easy to breed once I had them. I would still love to see a nutritional breakdown and evidence of others who have used them as feeders successfully. They breathe through gills? That's something I certainly didn't know!
 
that was my thing, I have never heard of feeding them before?? I can get a million of them in my back yard, feed and clean them up for a month or so to make sure they are safe and feed away! but how health are they and what are the down falls of feeding these things?
 
I'd be very curious to find out too. I hope someone comes along who knows something about this. It seems like the food choices are so limited now, and with a couple billion insects living on the planet it would be nice if we could see a few more commonly used and easy to raise feeders.
I really hate crickets too... :eek:P
 
Terrestrial isopods are actually a type of crustacean, not insect. They've been used as feeders for a long time by dart frog people, so you'll have better luck venturing over to dendro forums to look up advice. They're very easy to culture, but you just have to make sure you don't overcrowd them or else they will start eating each other and set back colony growth. I breed about ten different species of both sowbugs and pillbugs in different shapes, sizes, and colors as a little pet project. I've got pics and videos over here: http://www.bugchick.com/misc If you need a good person to talk to about them, Paul is a nice guy to deal with: http://www.angelfire.com/planet/porcellio. I hope that helps.
 
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