The way I feed crix is, I scoop a bunch up in a little plastic cup, dust them. and drop them in the tank with 8'' tweezers one at a time. I make sure they eat the one I dropped in before dropping in another one. I dont just dump a bunch in there and walk away. I hate the way the crix almost always find a hidding place and run around the tank. They can also really stress the animal.
Sometimes, if they arent very hungry, they will only eat a few. So if I put more then one at a time in there, I end up having to hunt down to ones that arent eaten (which is a pain in the butt!!!).
I have tried removing the back legs, but that is hard to do when you have several dozen of them in a little cup.
I am thinking about just putting them in the refrigerator after dusting for 5 or 10 minutes to knock the fight out of them.
Has anyone tried that?
I do feed dubias as well, but I am almost out of those. I would like to get into a position where I can feed the dubias as a staple diet. But I have to wait and get a colony going full steam before that could be feasible.
Sometimes, if they arent very hungry, they will only eat a few. So if I put more then one at a time in there, I end up having to hunt down to ones that arent eaten (which is a pain in the butt!!!).
I have tried removing the back legs, but that is hard to do when you have several dozen of them in a little cup.
I am thinking about just putting them in the refrigerator after dusting for 5 or 10 minutes to knock the fight out of them.
Has anyone tried that?
I do feed dubias as well, but I am almost out of those. I would like to get into a position where I can feed the dubias as a staple diet. But I have to wait and get a colony going full steam before that could be feasible.
