Recent content by braidsta

hey guys, did a search but turned up nothin so... I've got a load of crickets and the only food they're really tucking into is this flake food for african cichlids and sinkable wafers for catfish. They cant get enough of it but I remember reading that what they love might not be good for...

Muhammed the Mantis - Knockin out ALL bums! it's actually a female but I was thinkin of a name, looked round and she was duckin and weaving at me so we decided on Muhammed Ali :D she hates my webcam (maybe because of its shape? - round thing on a pod might look like an insect to her?) and...

Recieved my package today (packed n padded to the max ;) ) and I'm over the moon with my new Orchid. Straight out the box shes going on missions round her tank and has actively hunted down 5 curly wings one after another. Amazing little beast and I'd definately do business again with Ian...

hiya peeps. 3 days ago I fed my female african3 fair sized crickets in one sitting and even now its fat. the plate type things on her abdomen are slightly pulled apart, showing this pink 'skin' that looks like thin tissue paper... she has one band of this towards the back end thats bright...

yeah as i found out! what a shock. :oops: still she hasn't done t since 1st day so maybe she just paniced.

Well here's my much anticipated 1st African mantis. http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/Bra...ammedMantiz.flv I named her (referred to as a bloke tho :D ) Muhammed Mantiz after Muhammed Ali, as last night he was dodging left to right punching his arms out at me. :lol: once I get a bit...

Hey guys, debating hther or not to add the stick-under-the-glass heater on or not. My rooms nor that cold and the mntis seems fine but would it benefit any from the heated substrate?

thanks for the prompt response peeps, I thought the spike with to do with breeding but wasn't sure. When you say dry dog food do you mean the biscuits? Would I crush them first? Only, my alsatian has to crunch em pretty hard to not sure if crickets could. I'm interested in making a kinda...

Right first of all this is my first creature that eats other creatures and I'm almost as fascinated by the crickets as I am my african mantis (bought from Ian - good stuff!). I've just put a few chunks of apple in there and they're munchin through at an alarming rate. Is this safe for them...

ordered an African from Ian and straight from the parcel it munched down a cricket and went on a little mission in it's new home. Good stuff, will be ordering again in the future.

haha no way mate you guys have answered pretty much a months worth of questions I couldn't find answers to. :Dthe spiny ones are very nice looking but I heard they might not be great as a 1st try. I do like the africans though they have that 'alien' look about them that I get in my head when I...

also, I reckon I'm gonna go with the 1ftx1ftx1.5ft one... they should be kool in there.

lol see this is what worries me... I don't realise I'm getting mugged off. I'm used to paying 30 odd for a fish etc so a tenner for an exotic type insect made sense to me:( I'm actually thinking of going for the spiny flowers... now they really are beautiful insects

lol hey Darren! just msg'd u back mate. 130llox, I'm gonna go for this site... http://www.northwestexoticpets.co.uk/cgi-s...products_id=107 save one for me though man;)

hey guys, braidsta here. I've decided that at the age of 21 I'm old enough to have all the pets I wanted as a kid. Tigers etc won't happen but I've a good tropical setup, one more huge one on the way tomorrow and I'm starting a project to build up a terrarium for dart frogs. I've never kept...