Yeah - by the 18th cage, I was stretching the limits of my vine inventory. The vine picture there is a long vine with nicks and bumps and lots of little branches and leaves. So it worked, but not my favorite. I had about 70 feet of BioVines at the peak of my Idolo army, plus all the sponge-walks. But it's all in bagged storage now.
That's interesting. Very few of mine would eat a Katydid, without great coaxing. Is your friend referring to the mature/flying stage of the hopper? I can see them going for them in mid-flight.
That would work great so long as the weave isn't too tight. I use a bamboo mat covering the back wall in one of mine. Similar idea. Just make sure it doesn't get too moist or they can grow mold.
That usually means the RH was to low, when you see one that looks like its setting up to molt(legs stretched out long and chalky skin) make sure to mist the enclosure well at night before the lights go out as that's when 90% of them molt, but never mist them directly mid molt or they may freak and fall.gripen said:
I feed L1-3 house flies and or FF's for 2 reasons, 1) they eat the whole thing so theres not to much mess/waste, 2) if they eat large prey(almost as big as them) they tend to think there cage mates are on the menu as well, not good if you keep them in groups.
well I have 2 Idolos that just molted to L4 this morning.angelofdeathzz said:It's turning into a Idolo Nation around here, which is a good thing for everyone!
I've said before and I'll probably say it again "the sticks outside are free and are what they molt on in the wild"
I find them pretty impossible to accurately *** until around L5, and then only by the tiny extra abdominal fin on the underside of the last segment of males (Thanks to Yen for that clue). By L6 you can tell by the antennae.
You'd probably have to leave the net cage behind eventually - just for molting purposes. You could attach (glue or sew-in) a molting grid to the top of your net cage, to save a few bucks.gripen said:Nice! i just bought an exo-terra thingy for mine. they love the big net cage but i can only get the humidity up to 70% so i have to get a REALLY expensive glass terrarium for them
that's easy. I rig it more or less how I do my chameleon cages if needed.Chivalry said:I'd love to hear more info on how you're doing that rigging
