live foods

lucyface on October 11th 2010, 11:49 pm

So i'm looking on livefood.co.uk and i see that there are black and brown crickets and locust - all of different sizes.
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between brown, black crickets and locust? Which one is better for APH?
And also what size to get?
Thanks Very Happy

animal addict on October 12th 2010, 12:24 am

black crickets are more aggressive and noisy but slower moving
brown crickets are mean to be silent but arent when adults but very fast and jumpy

size wise anything pinhead is microscopic

locusts are just locusts I wouldnt get anything bigger than medium sized or 4th instar really - does that help?

lucyface on October 12th 2010, 12:50 am

That's great thanks!
Is there any difference nutrition-wise between locust and crickets?

**tiggy** on October 12th 2010, 7:25 pm

i love their site, have started ordering all my bits from them big smile

fionac on October 16th 2010, 12:23 pm

i usually get 3rd or 4th size hopper/locusts for ody. The 4th always seem quite big to me, but I think Ody would munch them if they were the same size as him. He's not a leg hog though, legs often seem to be spat out, but he'll munch the rest.

stefan on October 16th 2010, 12:50 pm

hi guys
was lookign on there and its a great website, has anyone tried the can o crickets because mine wont eat live food
and i saw grasshoppers has anyone tried them

fionac on October 16th 2010, 2:02 pm

Never tried the canned, Ody loves his live ones too much. I also bizarrely feel more comfortable with the hoppers than the mealworms too. Hoppers seem to go a treat....i'm guessing they're the same as grasshoppers, but I'm not sure as I was told they were locust related originally. I just know Ody loves them.

sonic on October 16th 2010, 3:17 pm

stefan wrote:hi guys
was lookign on there and its a great website, has anyone tried the can o crickets because mine wont eat live food
and i saw grasshoppers has anyone tried them

I have Stefan and they are rank lau

they smell really bad look really bad and my hoggies didn't go near them lol!

I gave them to my father in law in the end for his fishing .x

stefan on October 16th 2010, 4:21 pm

haha ok

any suggestions ? (dead food)

fionac on October 16th 2010, 11:56 pm

Ah, maybe mine were not grasshoppers then. They didn't smell and were a lovely green and yellow colour. They all look the same to me to be honest....am I being insectist by saying that? big smile

stefan on October 17th 2010, 8:26 am

thanks guys

**emdools** on October 17th 2010, 8:40 am

When I got Sugar the breeder gave me a tin of Mealworms in Brine, similar to the Can of worms. She loved eating them.

They are a bit on the expensive side.