What feeder bugs would you buy?

[wuukiee]

So I'm information gathering -- going to be opening a fish and reptile store at the end of the summer. Everyone always complains about "lack of feeder options", but I haven't gotten good feedback on what people DO what. What do you feed, or wish you could feed, aside from the "big 3" (crickets, mealworms, kingworms)? What do you really wish your LPS carried?

 

[Taquiq]

I feed Super Worms and would like to get Dubia roaches.

 

[5HiddenLizards]

Since its a fish & reptile store you could carry:
Feeder shrimp
Roaches [dubia, discoids, lateralis]
Meal & super worms
Snails
Feeder mice/rats
Feeder fish
........total mind freeze....I know there's more





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[OnlineGeckos]

Dubia roaches, but I wonder if there's a reason why pet stores don't carry them. Is it because they aren't allowed to? They are easy to care for, they breed like heck, and easier to handle and clean than crickets. They make for great healthy feeders.

 

[Pinky81]

Dubia roaches, but I wonder if there's a reason why pet stores don't carry them. Is it because they aren't allowed to? They are easy to care for, they breed like heck, and easier to handle and clean than crickets. They make for great healthy feeders.

I agree don't understand why more stores do not carry Dubia. My local herp specialty store started carrying Dubia but at $1 per adult dubia thats just highway robbery!!!

I would love it if Silkworms were carried seeing as they are a great feeder during breeding season. And sometimes you just want a few!

 

[Thorgecko707]

Hornworms, silkworms, dubia, are some I wish I had.

 

[ReptileWorld]

Id buy any feeder if the price was right but right now i focus on dubia and super worms. sometimes ill venture into silk and horned worms but mainly dubia and super worms.

I went to all the local exotic shops in my area asking what feeders they carry and they all said crickets and meal worms. I now supply them with FF's, springtails, bean beatles, woodlice, and Dubia they purchase a few of each off of me and just leave them on their counter for resale.

sometimes they offer me some good trades also if there is something i need. I think pet stores dont carry them because of health issues and also it be hard to get someone to work with roaches that isnt big into the hobby. Most people fear roaches.

 

[panthergecko]

lateralis and reptiworms

 

[houseb]

I'd love to be able to buy butterworms locally, but no one around me carries them. I guess if I could request anything from my LPS, it'd be some sort of snack pack--like a variety of 3-5 different feeders so I could give my geckos a more diverse diet. Good luck with your new store!

 

[SamsonizeMe]

I would love to let my bigger kids give hornworms a try. I think it's illegal to sell non-native roach species here in Florida, which sucks and would explain why I can't find any.

 

[getgeckos]

I think have a variety of feeders in a variety of sizes at a fair price. In Western Pa, the closest reptile store charges more that $1 per adult Dubia roach, an outragous price I refuse to pay. I can readily find crickets, mealworms, superworms, and waxworms at local places, but have never seen a butterworm, silkworm, pheonix worm at any place.

 

[prettyinpink]

I feed Super Worms and would like to get Dubia roaches.

+1 no one seems to carry roaches
Phoenix worms wouldbe nice to try too

 

[Dimidiata]

Personaly i would like to feed roaches, any kind but the big FL says no. Also if its a fish and rep store besure to get frozen fish food,ghost shrimps,brine shrimp(will put you above most of the store ive been too) OH and nerite snails, they rock and are the best alternative for when people come in complaining of algae. sorry i rambled but still if anyone knows someone with a stable, clean population of native florida roaches let me know.

 

[grboxa]

i prefer mealworms and silkworms(lucky my local petshop sells them), but I try to get crickets in because of the low fat content plus I heard in some cases that leos tend to lose interest in crickets after being introduced to worms for a while.

 

[Kotori]

I would love to get Phoenix worms,silkworms, hornworms and bigger FF cultures. I say 'Bigger' because my local Petsmart sells some that are only the size of my thumb, with only about 10 FFs and I need alot more, so if they had one with about 50-100 adult flies I would be very happy. Also, I belive that Discoids are legal in Florida. They are almost the same as Dubia roaches.