Cave crickets as feeders?

[celbii]

Are cave crickets okay feeders for snakes/ lizards that eat crickets? They are readily avaible for free in my basment at night :cheers:

 

[Roy Munson]

Are cave crickets okay feeders for snakes/ lizards that eat crickets? They are readily avaible for free in my basment at night :cheers:

Hi. Since this is a corn snake forum, and corn snakes do not eat invertebrates, this is not the place to ask. Try the the "chit-chat" sub-forum, or better yet, find forums elsewhere that specialize in the husbandry of the kinds of snakes and lizards you own.

 

[celbii]

Hi. Since this is a corn snake forum, and corn snakes do not eat invertebrates, this is not the place to ask. Try the the "chit-chat" sub-forum, or better yet, find forums elsewhere that specialize in the husbandry of the kinds of snakes and lizards you own.

I know what this fourm is, i just thought someone mihthave an answer for me.

 

[celbii]

Btw my posts says for snakes and lizards that eat crickets, i didnt mention corn, ive had corns for over a year, i know what they eat...

 

[Roy Munson]

I'm just trying to tell you that the "chit-chat" sub-forum is the only one here that is appropriate for your question. But do what you want, it's a free country.

By the way, does anybody here have any good recipes for peach cobbler? I figured I'd ask while we're completely disregarding the intent of this sub-forum.

 

[gizzygirl]

Crickets and Corns

A fellow customer at the pet store where I get my feeders swears he has a hatchling that will only eat crickets.

Karen

 

[dionythicus]

The biggest concern with feeding wild caught insects is the possibility of exposure to pesticides or other harmful chemicals. We use way too many in our daily lives to guarantee that the crickets in your basement won't have had some contact with something potentially toxic.

 

[BeckyG]

By the way, does anybody here have any good recipes for peach cobbler? I figured I'd ask while we're completely disregarding the intent of this sub-forum.

I have an AWESOME peach cobbler recipe. If you really want it, PM me and I'll be glad to send it to you.

But to return this thread to the topic of corn snakes, crickets will not provide the nutrition a corn snake needs. If it were an insectivore snake, then they probably would do fine, but not for a carnivore like corns.

 

[Roy Munson]

I have an AWESOME peach cobbler recipe. If you really want it, PM me and I'll be glad to send it to you.

Thank you! But I really don't like peach anything. I was just being a wise-ass.

But to return this thread to the topic of corn snakes, crickets will not provide the nutrition a corn snake needs. If it were an insectivore snake, then they probably would do fine, but not for a carnivore like corns.

Celbii knows this already. He's asking for advice on feeding non-corns (specifically, cricket-eating snakes and lizards). These forums are cluttered enough with redundant threads, why should we have to wade through non-corn questions too? (except where they are appropriate, i.e. the "chit chat" forum.)

 

[celbii]

The biggest concern with feeding wild caught insects is the possibility of exposure to pesticides or other harmful chemicals. We use way too many in our daily lives to guarantee that the crickets in your basement won't have had some contact with something potentially toxic.

Thanks, this is what i was looking for.