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Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

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2 carpets and an Imp! Imp aka Lazarus is a huge fine boy now!
Thanks to our own Rick for all of the above Love Jan

MJ · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

Very nice Jan Very Happy

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kroakykaren · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

Jan they look great hun and hasn,t Imp grown he is huge now Very Happy

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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:

Blimey what have you been feeding Imp, super grow? He is huge now, great to see them all. You are obvioulosy giving them 110% Jan. Top stuff.
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Stuart · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject:

They look great Jan..must be the baby bio in the water! Wink

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lol93 · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject:

Beautiful pics, Jan. You have some lovely chams!

Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

AWW thanks for the nice comments, I honestly think Imps growth is due to home grown Locusts! Don't laugh I really do. He has been fed crickets only twice since hes been with me as he prefers Locusts, having said that he gets a very varied diet- all home grown and I sincerley think that " what you put in- you get out". He is sweetheart who has some very endearing ways- like drinking from a water dish, I had his little dripper dripping on to a cupped leaf, 10 days ago I placed a very shallow dish above the leaf and let the dripper splash into that now he goes over to his dish and drinks from that, he still gets misted a lot so thats not his only water source. He, like all my Chams is a delight to own and has the nicest nature, I am indebted to Rick for allowing me to own such beautiful Chams.
love Jan

Peter Parrot · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Looking good Jan. Cool

True what you say about homegrown food. You also have the advantage of giving the feeder insects a nutritious diet. Glad you cracked the locust breeding. Wink

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Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

Thanks to you Pete all the reps enjoy home grown locusts! It is true though isnt it? You can give the adult locusts a really good diet and enrich the hatchlings from day 1. All my hatchlings are fed on fresh greens fine bran and wheatgerm and skimmed milk powder they are also dusted prior to feeding. My mealies and waxies have the same enriched diets, as do my woodlice and snails. I am a big beleiver in the correct nourishment for everything even humans!!! ,. My feeder items have a better diet than some people I know. Oh pete I have discovered a food which Locusts devour in seconds scandanavian bran crispbreads, a bit like Ryvitas but as they were reduced to 50p for a pack of 12 in health food shop I thought I'd try them, the locusts, mealies and morios snarf them up in no time.Thanks again for your expert guidance. Love Jan