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Hey Tim,
They look a little thin, did you just get them or something? (though they stopped importing them so??)
They look a little thin, did you just get them or something? (though they stopped importing them so??)
Derek
These are LTC and to tell you the truth I 'm just happy they are still alive. I have found them very hard to put weight on, they eat but not that much 1-2 cricket 2-3 times a week. The pictures of the CB look so much more healthly, but I don't know of a single CB here in the USA that has lived (long term). I do hope to change that but it won't happen overnight. I don't know of any imported since fall of 2006 but I hear a few might come in, but your talking about low numbers maybe 2-4 animals. Do you keep them?
Tim Adams
These are LTC and to tell you the truth I 'm just happy they are still alive. I have found them very hard to put weight on, they eat but not that much 1-2 cricket 2-3 times a week. The pictures of the CB look so much more healthly, but I don't know of a single CB here in the USA that has lived (long term). I do hope to change that but it won't happen overnight. I don't know of any imported since fall of 2006 but I hear a few might come in, but your talking about low numbers maybe 2-4 animals. Do you keep them?
Tim Adams
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mat.si
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Hi!
I feed my F1, F2 and F3 CB animals mostly with crickets (Gryllus assimilis) and lateralis roaches.
Gryllus jump less than Acheta and masobe seem to prefer that.
Also try to give them some snails. Young animals of both sexes and adult females like them.
My animals have never taken anything from tweezers except for snails.
During the breeding season females go crazy for them. They bite so hard, I'm always afraid they'll crack their teeth, if they would bite the steel tweezers. :shock:
Since wc are probably more nervous (I can grab my cb animals gently by hand, without them showing any distress.) you can offer them freshwater aquarium snails from shallow dishes.
And I would very much recommend keeping every animal separately, if you don't already.
I have a F1 female that was so aggressive, that two other females that were housed together with her some years ago, dropped their tails, before I realized what was going on. I thought the male was doing it and took him out, but it turned out it was one of the females.
Yes, your female certainly looks a bit thin. I wouldn't try to breed her, until she gains some weight. Your male doesn't look so thin as the males are always a bit smaller and thinner than the females.
I hope this helps.
Regards, Matjaz
I feed my F1, F2 and F3 CB animals mostly with crickets (Gryllus assimilis) and lateralis roaches.
Gryllus jump less than Acheta and masobe seem to prefer that.
Also try to give them some snails. Young animals of both sexes and adult females like them.
My animals have never taken anything from tweezers except for snails.
During the breeding season females go crazy for them. They bite so hard, I'm always afraid they'll crack their teeth, if they would bite the steel tweezers. :shock:
Since wc are probably more nervous (I can grab my cb animals gently by hand, without them showing any distress.) you can offer them freshwater aquarium snails from shallow dishes.
And I would very much recommend keeping every animal separately, if you don't already.
I have a F1 female that was so aggressive, that two other females that were housed together with her some years ago, dropped their tails, before I realized what was going on. I thought the male was doing it and took him out, but it turned out it was one of the females.
Yes, your female certainly looks a bit thin. I wouldn't try to breed her, until she gains some weight. Your male doesn't look so thin as the males are always a bit smaller and thinner than the females.
I hope this helps.
Regards, Matjaz
Matjaz
Thank you for your advice, I'm glad to see someone want to help. I've read most of you post on masobe and really enjoyed the pictures.
I only feed them Acheta domesticus they are about the only commercially grown cricket in the USA. If someone knows a source for Gryllus assimilis let me know. I usually cut the rear legs off my crickets to make them less jumpy.
I did try freshwater snails but I never saw anyone eat them. I was unable to find a source of land snails but I'm trying to bred my own from some I collected in the Florida Keys. I'll try the freshwater snails again using tongs to see if they eat them.
I do keep all my masobe seperate and I do agree the female needs to bulk up before I try to bred them. This is a long term project for me and I hope to have some success in future like you have.
Thanks!
Tim Adams
Thank you for your advice, I'm glad to see someone want to help. I've read most of you post on masobe and really enjoyed the pictures.
I only feed them Acheta domesticus they are about the only commercially grown cricket in the USA. If someone knows a source for Gryllus assimilis let me know. I usually cut the rear legs off my crickets to make them less jumpy.
I did try freshwater snails but I never saw anyone eat them. I was unable to find a source of land snails but I'm trying to bred my own from some I collected in the Florida Keys. I'll try the freshwater snails again using tongs to see if they eat them.
I do keep all my masobe seperate and I do agree the female needs to bulk up before I try to bred them. This is a long term project for me and I hope to have some success in future like you have.
Thanks!
Tim Adams