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<blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 31211" data-attributes="member: 1070"><p>Hello</p><p>I know you only have two T's, but see it this way from what I've read local supply is only crickets and mealworms ? You could still start a colony, and supply locally to other hobbyists thus creating an offset and cash flow to put into your own T's and other pets. Feeding them different prey items is for consideration, since crickets are good but I've seen and experienced that some can be bad for your T's due to parasites etc. Mealworms are also a good food source,so are the others that have been mentioned. As for calcium from prey items,you could actually take a Roach and give it certain foods and calcium powders and all nutrition comes from that one item. Roaches do not bite small slings,whereas crickets do. I'm for roaches when feeding my T's,personal choice not law. Like I said,build a colony and supply others if you can if not use the other prey items. Another huge benefit,roaches have the longest longevity of all the prey items.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martin Oosthuysen, post: 31211, member: 1070"] Hello I know you only have two T's, but see it this way from what I've read local supply is only crickets and mealworms ? You could still start a colony, and supply locally to other hobbyists thus creating an offset and cash flow to put into your own T's and other pets. Feeding them different prey items is for consideration, since crickets are good but I've seen and experienced that some can be bad for your T's due to parasites etc. Mealworms are also a good food source,so are the others that have been mentioned. As for calcium from prey items,you could actually take a Roach and give it certain foods and calcium powders and all nutrition comes from that one item. Roaches do not bite small slings,whereas crickets do. I'm for roaches when feeding my T's,personal choice not law. Like I said,build a colony and supply others if you can if not use the other prey items. Another huge benefit,roaches have the longest longevity of all the prey items. [/QUOTE]
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