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I designed and printed my own cages a year or so ago. While they are not the prettiest and could use some more tweaking I have used and washed and reused these a lot and I love them. The main downside is that the lid only sits on top and has no locking mechanism. The printed frame assembles...

Not that I've tested this but I would think cat food would be more smelly. Cats are carnivores while dogs are omnivores. While that does not stop the pet food industry from putting all manner of non-meat nonsense into cat food but at least it should have a higher percentage of nice smelly meat...

Back when I was overrun with adult Tenodera sinensis I quite often gave them superworms. All the females at least were happy to just grab them from tweezers and I never had any issues despite leaving the worms whole. That said I never just threw them in the cage with them, they were always given...

Using the soaked dog food did you get flies to lay eggs or did you have spikes to begin with?

If anyone has any ooths available to be shipped to Canada please contact me. I will consider any species other then T. Sinensis (as I have two ooths already) but here is my wish list in order: Gongylus gongylodes Blepharopsis mendica Hierodula majuscula or any other large species...

@ohaple I believe it, I have been watching Glowforge since it first kickstarted and the delays have been unreasonable. I did a bunch of googling on alternatives and the Muse seems to be the top contender in the sameish price range/niche. I believe the biggest pro vs the Glowforge is that it does...

I'm a bit late to the party but I am so jealous of your glowforge. Its a dream of mine to get one but it´s likely going to be a few years as a bigger house is far more important (so i can fill it with insects!). There is a FabLab here that has all the fun protoyping tools that you can pay to use...

Not the question exactly but related. I have found that mealworms and their beetles make crazy good clean up crew and snacks. They do not do well in moist environments unlike isopods.  HOWEVER I would never recommend this for mantises that are not healthy and adult. If a mantis falls during a...

These are some adorable and beautiful noodles. You should be a proud parent :D That cheeky looking grin on Irwin is just the best.

There is a life cycle picture that should give you a basic idea of how long they´ll take to pupate.  While I never actually took notice of how long they took as I always had a ton at every stage of development there are a few things I can say that might help you out. Feed the heck out of them...

Right!? Try not to stress about it too much. Regardless of age try giving them the big fruit flies. My oldest lived for over a year and survived on fruit flies for a good portion of that as I had access to absolutely nothing else that had wings. Even though its pretty much like eating M&Ms...

I loved LOVED my gongys and will raise them again for sure. A few notes: 1. As everyone already said they can't grip smooth surfaces. Besides mesh I also found just plain box cardboard to be an acceptable climbing/molting material in a pinch. I would still recommend mesh like everyone else...

I was never able to find any one that sold fly pupa in Canada (and I looked pretty hard). I also ended up breeding BSFs for use in the winter along with crickets. During the summer however you can catch all the flies you could ever want by setting some simple traps made from soda bottles or the...

I had the same issues the first (and only) time I tried to raise these guys. As Ranitomeya already said, white seems to be the magic color. My moths wouldn't even look at the red flowers on their humming bird feeder but would attack anything white in the room with their tongues when they got...

15 months is a ripe old age from what I know. My oldest lady made it to 12 months and 2 weeks. I have no idea what the maximum age is for them unfortunately.

I have not had the pleasure of keeping darts myself but the ones I have seen personally and heard about looked like lovely beautiful little active hoppers. I would love to get some one day as they are gorgeous and take up far less room then most frogs/toads but I have not seen them available in...

Moving them into a cat free area is definitely the go to. Alternatively, cages that fit snugly into a shelf with snap tight lids (just in case) could likely work. Or get a display shelf that has glass doors/sides so the cats can't get in. I'm lucky, both of my cats (Muddle and Sterling) have...

When she was tiny I hunted the neighborhood for proper sized insects but I assume dusted fruit flies would be a great starter food as well. Once she was big enough I moved her over to a diet of isopods, phoenix worms/black solider flies (she loses her mind chasing them lol), and earthworms...

I also also also got this book for Christmas along with a care guide for frogs and toads :D  Good Christmas all around!

It could be worst. You could live in Iceland were reptiles are illegal! Also the few mantises the only exotic pet store here gets are so expensive you would faint to see it :P  (I may have bought them anyway....no regrets!) But joking aside, I agree with you. Its ridiculous exotic mantises are...