Hi all!
I've just found a local company that breeds and delivers a huge amount of invertebrates at a very reasonable price! Considering that I live in a 3rd world country when it comes to reptile keeping, I feel like I've won the lottery =)

I need your help to know what can I feed to my herps (bearded dragon, gargoyle gecko and gecko vittatus) from the following list, how regularly and in what quantities.

Roaches:
- Shellfordela tartara (Runners?)
- Blaberus atropus
Worms:
- Chilecomadia moorei (butterworms?)
- Pachnoda butana
- Alphitobius diaperinus

Thanks! =)

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Can someone help me out with this? I've found some info on the web but nothing I would rely on.
I'm running low of feeders so I need to make an order soon!

Thanks! =)

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I know you can feed Bearded Dragons butterworms, lobster roaches and madagascar roaches.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Thanks Marsha! Can they be fed as staple?

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Butterworms are more of a treat. Roaches can be fed in place of crickets. They are larger and more protien, so it requires less to be fed.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

According to this page, butterworms are very similar to waxworms but they have a huge amount of calcium making it a better treat to adult animals than waxworms.
The only problem is the size of these "beasts", adults reach 2".

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As Marsha said above...


The butterworms should be fine for your Bearded Dragons and the gargoyle (if it is adult?). Not sure of the common name for the gecko vittatus? so can't advise at present.


We try to feed all the lizards as varied a diet as possible, though this often proves more tricky than thought! As a staple we stick with crickets, since we can buy in bulk for a reasonable price. Mealworms are a regular feed as well - the chameleon is a bit fussy and has become quite lazy about hunting his crickets!!

We also feed locusts - as often as we can: they are more expensive but they are full of good stuff and all the lizards go absolutely mad for them!! We've tried cockroaches for the larger lizards - Bearded Dragons, adult collards.. and they were liked, but not so much by us! Again, they are more expensive for not very many, so they are another treat. Wax worms are a firm fave in the treat department. We have been unsuccessful with earth worms - I think most of the lizards are put off by the fact that they are slippery and not easy to pick up, but I can't get any of them to take them.

Veg and fruit for the Bearded Dragons of course, and I presume you also feed your gargoyle baby food or mashed fruit?

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The vittatus is commonly called white-line gecko, white-stripe gecko or skunk gecko. They are very similar to tokays.

My gargoyles are sub-adults. They eat crickets, baby food, a couple of recipes shared by other reputable breeders and the occasional mealworm. Recently they have been started on Allen Repashy's Gargoyle Gecko MRP, a well balanced diet in powder form (to be mixed with water) that can be fed as "staple".

I'm not inclined for roaches. In fact I've just searched half the web and found that red-runners have the potential to infest your house in opposition to other species that will simply die on "adverse" conditions. Btw, the Shellfordela tartara is called blatta lateralis in the US.
I think I'll try to find silkworms (again) or blaptica dubia to start new silent, oderless, non-canibalistic, worry free colonies.

I'm sick and tired of crickets but I'm sticking with them for now, *sigh* =(

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