I've tried culturing crickets but they smell very bad then there are roaches wich I hate and meal worms can cause impaction I'm looking for 3 to 2 species of insects (1 or 2 that a FBT and a salamander can eat then small 1s other than fruit flies for a turkish gecko)that dont smell cause impaction or be roaches.==BOO==Oh shut up already ghosty.
Nope. Not really. Nothing is easier than roaches.
Sow bugs are an excellent additional feeder for smaller amphibians and lizards, and very easy to culture as well.
Thanks!
Crickets don't have to smell! When you keep them, the container must be well-ventilated and cleaned on a regular basis. If your crickets were stinking, you probably had poop, rotting food, spilled water, left-over dead crickets, or an enclosure with not enough airflow, or all the above. If you used substrate, this could also have something to do with it. Whether crickets smell or not depends entirely on your method of raising and breeding. In their natural environment, crickets never stink. They won't stink in a cage either if you make an effort to keep the enclosure clean and dry. Just 5 minutes of spot cleaning a day can make a big difference.
My fire bellies won't eat isopods (sow bugs, pill bugs, rolly pollys). Even if they manage to get them in their mouth, they spit them out. Same with dubia roaches. How about the good old worm? Feed them your veggie scraps, feed them to your frogs.
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