Haha.. I always read about how great they are and finally ordered a bunch to breed. Finally the store contacted me today and told me that they can't ship to me because they are actually illegal in Canada. Just incase anyone else is from Canada here and think this would be interesting. I learned something new... time to find an alternative...
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Roaches illegal
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Start an underground roach club. Have someone secretly send them labeled "grandma's dentures" or something. Then breed them privately for your animals 
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Quail chicks are better. And if you go online haretoday.com they have ground whole prey foods like rabbit that has bones and organs etc. Other forum members order from them.
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It was once explained to me that technically all insects are illegal to import into Canada, however, beings as certain ones have been traded for so long (crickets, mealworms, etc.) that the law just kind of looks the other way with regards to some. This being said, though, there are certain types that they definitely do pay attention to in an attempt to circumvent potential problems - cockroaches being one of these groups.
With regards to a rodent heavy diet, as luck would have it I was in direct communication with a vet this week concerning a lack of gut motility in tegus. While veterinarians are definitely in favour of whole prey diets, they've been encountering more and more tegus that are plugged up with rodent fur. I wouldn't want to say rodents are bad, per se, but there's definitely concern amongst vets that with heavy rodent diets and possibly other husbandry issues, there seems to be increasing frequency of tegus impacted with rodent fur. Something to consider.
With regards to a rodent heavy diet, as luck would have it I was in direct communication with a vet this week concerning a lack of gut motility in tegus. While veterinarians are definitely in favour of whole prey diets, they've been encountering more and more tegus that are plugged up with rodent fur. I wouldn't want to say rodents are bad, per se, but there's definitely concern amongst vets that with heavy rodent diets and possibly other husbandry issues, there seems to be increasing frequency of tegus impacted with rodent fur. Something to consider.
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I honestly didn't feed many insects. I tried roaches for like a week and crickets less than 5 times. It doesn't seem cost effective to me and at the rate tegus grow, there doesn't seem to be much of a point. I stuck to whole prey and various meats.
By cost effective, the crickets always died. Not that crickets are expensive. Or they would get out and I'd watch my dogs hunt them..
By cost effective, the crickets always died. Not that crickets are expensive. Or they would get out and I'd watch my dogs hunt them..
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I only gave niles some crickets when he 'woke up ' from hibernation, to try to trigger a feeding response. Other than that I gave him meat.
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