Thinking of getting one

[xxohmycaptainxx]

I'll have to go with crickets or dubias. My mom would never let me raise flies in her house. She's barely on board with letting me have crickets. Plus I have a large skull/dried insect/taxidermy collection and fly larvae aren't exactly something I want to bring into the home as they could devastate my collection if they got out. I'm gunna start off with crickets first and just get everybody eating a healthy diet and then I think I might buy a dubia colony. Roaches have always been something i've wanted to buy, as pets mostly such as the Madagascan hissing, and dubias are actually one of the cuter species so I wouldn't have any issue raising them. I just want to make sure everybody is eating crickets first before I try to feed them something new ya know?

 

[lbanta]

You are right about Dubia's, I think they are rather cute myself!

 

[xxohmycaptainxx]

Ugh does anyone know the going rate for adult crestys? And not the fancy morphs, just the plain, common morphs. I thought adults were more like $40 at reptile shows but I've been checking online prices more and it seems like babies are $40 and adults are more like $150+. Could someone clue me in on a good price because this may end up swaying my decision to get one or not. If my sales at the pawn shop on friday go through I could probably do the higher price but I want to be sure I don't get robbed.

 

[Aimless]

it all depends on appearance. I've seen adults from $30 up to several hundred.

eh, IMO live plants are easier. misting every day or every other day is enough to water them, with maybe dumped water in once every couple of weeks in the winter when you run the heat and the air is drier. the cork and bamboo give structure for the plants to grow. this cage still looks good 2 years later; the second pic is a baby that was recently born to the pair living in the cage the pothos has filled in and I've removed the fake vine on the side.

 

[xxohmycaptainxx]

Okay I thought so. I really don't want any crazy morph as I know they're inbred to get that way anyway. I still will be going with fake plants as I've found a bunch of realistic silk and plastic ones that I like. With live I don't really get the same options as many of the plants I'd want to use could either be toxic or grow too large.