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crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 14:09
by mrscibbo
hello all can anyone help is there any private breeders out there with extra thaey would like to sell, have a pair of crested finches with young
thanx regards martin
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 15:21
by SamDavis
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 19:58
by Craig52
Good site Sam,but excuse my ignorance,what are calci-gents. Craig
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:33
by vettepilot_6
crocnshas wrote:Good site Sam,but excuse my ignorance,what are calci-gents. Craig
Gentiles (maggots) fed up on calcium I would think?
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:37
by Misso
what size crickets? and when you say bulk, how much are we talking?
misso
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:44
by Craig52
vettepilot_6 wrote:crocnshas wrote:Good site Sam,but excuse my ignorance,what are calci-gents. Craig
Gentiles (maggots) fed up on calcium I would think?
Nah,don't think so,they have stripes on their backs with hairs.
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:49
by mrscibbo
medium size in batches of say 1000-2000
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:52
by natamambo
Calci gents are a bigger species of fly / maggot and the name is just a marketing name coz reptile peeps don't like the idea of maggots.
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:56
by natamambo
Given how hard crickets are to keep alive at that size, that's an awful lot of crickets.... You'll be feeding out a 100 a day plus unless you can provide all the right humidities and stuff.
Re: crickets were to buy in bulk packs in melbourne
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 21:58
by Netsurfer
crocnshas wrote:vettepilot_6 wrote:crocnshas wrote:Good site Sam,but excuse my ignorance,what are calci-gents. Craig
Gentiles (maggots) fed up on calcium I would think?
Nah,don't think so,they have stripes on their backs with hairs.
They are Blow flies maggots, there are two types, green and brown blow flies. Non are good for finches and certainly not something you would want in or near your aviaries. None of my birds would eat those hairy maggots, however they might be OK for Lizards and Frogs. I only buy Bush Fly (House fly) maggots.