150 gallon Viv build

[deranged chipmunk]

Thanks for being so nice about this guys, I'm not a newbie to herps, that's for sure, I've just been hungry to do something more. I'm still gonna build the tank, just the way I planned, but I don't think I'll be missing species anytime soon for fear of the wrath of Lija

I should change my example to: you're locked in a 4x8 room with Lija..........lol


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[AlexanderSalamander]

Lillypad, yes I did eliminate the cat food from her diet, and yes, from time to time I do supply her with super worms, but I run out quick and my local privately owned pet store doesn't carry mealies, I haven't checked, but does petco or petsmart? And I totally should have taken pics of her today bcs I fed her some strawberries, collard greens, and her favorite non live food, boneless skinless chicken. She was having a ball!

[LilyPad]

Do you have vitamins in her diet? Chicken isn't going to give a lot of nutrition. You can try earth worms too, might take some coaxing, my friend feeds his skink mostly earthworms and dubia roaches for protein. Do you ever buy the chicken hearts and livers? If you boil them, you can throw them in a food processor and make a paste that she will probably love. I do that for my cat for an occasional treat. Still not for the bulk of the diet, but once in a while is fine. I would completely skip mealworms, but an occasional superworm is ok, very occasional though, like a treat.

[Lija]

Lillypad, yes I did eliminate the cat food from her diet, and yes, from time to time I do supply her with super worms, but I run out quick and my local privately owned pet store doesn't carry mealies, I haven't checked, but does petco or petsmart? And I totally should have taken pics of her today bcs I fed her some strawberries, collard greens, and her favorite non live food, boneless skinless chicken. She was having a ball!

Have you tried breeding mealies or superworms? Or dubia? All of that is easy to breed and you will have constant food supply without a need of running to the store i'd be careful feeding raw chicken due to possible salmonella contamination and what they are feeding to the those poor birds. Have you tried nightcrawlers? Mine goes nuts over them.

[Bombina Bob]

Ive personally never had luck breeding my mealies, Ive tried the rack system with the adults on top and the larva on the bottom, the boxes the beetles are in have holes for the new worms to crawl through, whats your technique?

[Lija]

Dont have one lol i have nobody who can eat mealies only skink, but im not gonna go crazy over mealworms, he loves his nightcrawlers lol Phoenix eating - YouTube

[AlexanderSalamander]

I'll definitely try breeding some supers, and I haven't actually tried night crawlers, although my tiger salamander does love them. One thing that surprised me was that I once got some feeder guppies for my tiger, who actually likes the water! And I gave one to my skink just to see what would happen, and she loved it. What a surprise! But yeah the vitamins in worms+supers are good along with their protein so ill get on trying to breed some. BTW do they need light or can I keep them in a cabinet beneath my 150 gal?

[Lija]

They couldnt care less about the light food and warmth are all that's needed.
I have never thought about guppies and sally... Hm, i should get some when he is healthy.