which uroplatus have you put them in with? im interested in this whole pill bug thing since ive been wanting to get my animals a better variety in their diet. i've got phantasticus, pietschmanni, and henkeli so chances are ill be picking up some of these pill bugs at the reptile show in columbia, sc if anyone is carrying them.
> thanks Hilde, > thats a great post. I agree too that they are great to keep for their > own sake. > I have some set up with an arboeal Abronia and he seems to care less > about them. I did it to see if he was interested and alos to have them > established in the cage. I set them up with some Uroplatus as well with > out so far noticing them being bothered. > > > On Jan 21, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Hilde wrote: > >> I've only seen the orange pill bugs mentioned once, on a website >> devoted to Woodlice >> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7649/woodlice/wliceod.htm >> >> As for toxicity, I've never had a problem using them as feeders. I do >> remember reading someplace >> that a diet high in them can cause a vitamin shortage, however, I >> can't recall where I read that and >> I'm not even too sure anymore which vitamin it is. The problem didn't >> seem to be worth worrying >> about since I never use them as a main food item, so I didn't bother >> remembering all the details. >> >> I've fed both sowbugs and pill bugs to chameleons, dart frogs, various >> geckos and anoles. The >> Panther and Jacksons chams would pick them first out of a mixed bowl >> of crickets, mealworms, >> silkworms and pill bugs. Dendrobate frogs who don't have teeth and >> normally don't eat anything much >> bigger than a fruit fly would happily eat several pill bugs or sow >> bugs that were 4 or 5 times >> bigger than any fly they'd tackle. And some geckos love them. Pictus, >> fat-tails and other >> terrestrial geckos that live in forests or grasslands recognized them, >> possibly they eat them 'back >> home'. Arboreals like day geckos didn't seem too impressed, they'd eat >> the odd one but not really >> worth it. There was a pair of Grandis though that would eat them, even >> fight to the point of trying >> to steal a piece out of the other's mouth. >> >> They're easy to raise, though not as prolific as some of the bugs we >> raise. Some of mine have >> established themselves in tanks, but I still have to add feeders every >> few months. There's a pretty >> good caresheet at http://www.pollywog.co.uk/woodlice.html >> >> Newborn pillbugs would be great for premature geckos. I've had good >> luck using them to get a feeding >> response from premature leos and pictus. The bugs move fast enough to >> get the gecko's attention, but >> don't jump or fly away like crickets and fruit flies. >> >> If nothing else, they're cute suckers to keep as pets. :) >> >> Hilde >> >> -- >> ~*~*~*~*~*~ >> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of >> arriving safely in an attractive >> and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in >> one hand, white wine in >> the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming >> "WOO HOO what a ride!" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Global Gecko Association >> http://www.gekkota.com >> Classifieds >> http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi >> gecko mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko >> >> > Lyle Puente > President > Global Gecko Association > > My Brothers Banned > http://www.mybrothersbanned.com > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
