"Savage" Henry XXIV

[BG]

Before people get these titans, they should know off the bat that they like to eat alot. They should be able to plan how to feed them before they get them. That goes with every animal.

[MonsterPyxie]

Before people get these titans, they should know off the bat that they like to eat alot. They should be able to plan how to feed them before they get them. That goes with every animal.

+1

My dubia colony was brought along specifically for my pyxie. I'm around 450 dubia right now with mostly adults, and im not even feeding the dubia to my pyxie yet, so the colony has a chance to get better established.

I feed my pyxie 2 days on, 1 day off mostly, but sometimes every day if he is active.

At 20-25 medium sized roaches EVERY feeding, at his current size, which is only about 2", he will put a huge dent in the colony just on his own! That's around 100 roaches a week, minimum, at this point in time. It will likely be double that in a few weeks im sure the way my pyxie is growing.

just fyi...

also, about the pooping. Heat will always help the process. If you keep his temps around 85degrees, and the soil that he is burrowing in a good temp, above 80 would be ideal I imagine.

I keep mine slightly higher then that. about 87degrees air temp, and 83degree soil temp, and he has no problem passing all these roaches

[Sublime]

@Monster Good thinking. How long have you had your dubia colony again? How many did you start out with? 3-4 months for a colony to be well established, in you case it'll probably be less time though so that's good.

[BG]

You have to plan the future. You have to give them a vareity of foods, I know a guy that feeds his pixies chicken livers,hearts,and sprinkles calcium on it. They are doing great. Evry week the menu changes. Also cooked turckey with vitamins works. My turtles eat cooked turkey,chicken, they love it

[Sublime]

@George Hmm.. I know they're carnivore eaters and all, but don't you think those foods tend to be fatty and harder for them to digest/process. A diet that consisted mostly of insects and invertebrates with an occasional chick or rodent would probably be the most beneficial for your frog. I guess if you know a guy that's doing it then it probably isn't too bad, how old are his pixies? If they're older and still in healthy condition not lethargic, then it must be working.

[BG]

Mark ,his frogs are doing great because he feeds them mostly roaches,and the other stuff once in a while

@George Hmm.. I know they're carnivore eaters and all, but don't you think those foods tend to be fatty and harder for them to digest/process. A diet that consisted mostly of insects and invertebrates with an occasional chick or rodent would probably be the most beneficial for your frog. I guess if you know a guy that's doing it then it probably isn't too bad, how old are his pixies? If they're older and still in healthy condition not lethargic, then it must be working.

[Sublime]

Mark ,his frogs are doing great because he feeds them mostly roaches,and the other stuff once in a while

Oh ok, that's good. What's up with Peachy?

[MonsterPyxie]

@Monster Good thinking. How long have you had your dubia colony again? How many did you start out with? 3-4 months for a colony to be well established, in you case it'll probably be less time though so that's good.

I've only had my dubia colony a week or so. My lobster colony I've had for over a month, but they where mixed with dubia, and the lobster ate all the dubia

The dubia colony I ordered 100 large from "the roach cafe" and got about 150 from him, huge over count, then I ordered "300 mixed" on ebay for a good price, and recived whats looks like 350 roachs, with a VERY good mix, with a ton of large roaches.

due to the luck of the numbers, i think my colony will be booming in 3 months time. I already have new babies, and have found about 5 large adult roaches have shead/molted already. so they are chuggin' along!

[BG]

Oh man . You know we only learn from our mistakes. I lost 1000000 adult Dubia do to my mistakes ,but now I have it under control .

[Sublime]

I've only had my dubia colony a week or so. My lobster colony I've had for over a month, but they where mixed with dubia, and the lobster ate all the dubia

The dubia colony I ordered 100 large from "the roach cafe" and got about 150 from him, huge over count, then I ordered "300 mixed" on ebay for a good price, and recived whats looks like 350 roachs, with a VERY good mix, with a ton of large roaches.

due to the luck of the numbers, i think my colony will be booming in 3 months time. I already have new babies, and have found about 5 large adult roaches have shead/molted already. so they are chuggin' along!

Ah I see, yeah 3 months and you should be able to start picking to feed Junk! It takes babies 4 months to mature.

[MonsterPyxie]

Oh man . You know we only learn from our mistakes. I lost 1000000 adult Dubia do to my mistakes ,but now I have it under control .

really? how?

Ah I see, yeah 3 months and you should be able to start picking to feed Junk! It takes babies 4 months to mature.

Well The current ones I have are mostly adults, or VERY close to being adults. I have 500 small nymphs on the way. So I will start feeding off the lobster colony. I have been feeding them to Junk, and with enough time, I'm sure he would eat all of them faster then they can breed, But I have been buying crickets for my 3 bearded dragons (ones gravid and about to lay) and the crickets we get from petco are pathetically skinny and sickly looking. So now ill start feeding the lobster to the beardies too. I feed them 30 crickets twice a week, so im sure the lobster colony will be gone in about 2 months, haha In those 2 months the small adults I have now will have matured, and with all the mature adults spitting out baby nymphs, im sure I will be just find to start feeding off the dubia at that time.

[BG]

I'm such a jerk. I left them in a bin with no ventilation for two days.they all rotted. The stink was out of this world. I was so busy that i forgot about them. I didnt notice and there was no smell either until i opened the bin.

[Peachy]

Before people get these titans, they should know off the bat that they like to eat alot. They should be able to plan how to feed them before they get them. That goes with every animal.

If youre referring to me, i have already planned what im going to feed my frog. i can provide for it financially, and as far as im concerned Henry will live and die a healthy frog. i dont need someone to school me on how to be responsible with an animal. thanks.

[BG]

Peach ,when i express my opinion i keep it generally speaking. I never disrespect or insult anyone . That is not my nature.I was not talking about you . I don't care what you do with your frog.and if you were insulted thats your problem. I speak from personal experience My opinion was not meant for you .OK peach so lets keep it peacful . We are here to learn from each other and have some fun OK peach .

If you're referring to me, i have already planned what I'm going to feed my frog. i can provide for it financially, and as far as I'm concerned Henry will live and die a healthy frog. i don't need someone to school me on how to be responsible with an animal. thanks.