breeding woodies

[Chris1]

interested in your pics too Dossy!!

 

[dossy]

ok here it is
here is side on when its all together


top one holds woodies and lower one catches the junk


here is the bottom of the top tub, big hole cut out and fly screen put across the hole, i have no issues of babies getting out


it works well for me i just toss in a carrot every 1-2 weeks and some dry dog food. my new bulk order is coming tomoz aswell . normaly i dnt feem them of quickly but i got 2 babies to feed now.

 

[Bez84]

Dirt from my garden...
Smells like dirt... Put you head in the tank and you cant really smell anything except dirt.
Ive never heated my woodies there in the herproom which is fairly warm anyway...
There is no point heating as they breed alot more then i can use anyway....might slow down in winter but not by much..

Before i used dirt and mealworms i had to clean it all the time now i never have to clean it.
Mealworms were an experiment couple years back had a forgotten tub sitting in the laundry full of beetles and thought what the heck il throw it in the roach tank, they get along fine dont seem to bother each other, mealworms live in the dirt and clean up the scraps and dead woodies....started with a handful now there are thousands..
Also i dont sort the worms or anything i just throw food in when i think of it which could be as little as once a week or even less ive only got the one dragon and there are alot of bugs so cant hurt for them to eat each other every now and then lol, my dragon is also only a year old and is bigger then most 3 year olds ive seen lol.
Maybe i should start selling to locals lol.

thats unreal Bez84.
i have a spare 4 foot fish tank in the garage!!!

what kind of dirt did u use?
do you provide heat?

by doesnt smell, do you mean it doesnt smell much, or it doesnt smell at all?

 

[dossy]

i would have used that tank for more reptiles

 

[sesa-sayin]

originally, i used Vas. changed to fluro 3 yrs. ago.....but find it 2 hard 2 re-coat, a few times later. have now gone back to Vas., messy or not

 

[zoo_girl]

Can anybody tell me how to sex adult woodies? Have looked on the net but can't find anything specific to this species.

 

[veenarm]

I think it's if the wings in the backside completely touch or not, ones that are open and ones that are tightly closed. (I can't remember which of which is the sex though), but really you don't need to worry about it

 

[SYNeR]

Here's a pic of my newly finished colony (woodies transferred from my old, messy vaseline colony).
I got a strip from a cardboard box, made a zig-zag pattern and put in the egg trays as shown. I'll definitely need to fill
it out a little more (although the 1000+ woodies I have seem to all fit fine into what's available). I'll also add
some paper towel rolls in vertically so I can easily get access to woodies.

The brick is to wedge the cardboard accordian with egg trays at one end. To clean, I'll just tip it and scoop/vacuum
the rubbish from the bare end. It's a massive container - 165L.. Plenty of room to upsize I suppose.

Can anyone recommend some good foods for them to eat? From my understanding dog biscuits which are high in
protein are good? I've been using bearded dragon food/pellets and dog biscuits. However the dog biscuits have been
going mouldy. I may just need to be more dilligent with the new colony and make sure it's well ventilated. I'll also
try some rat pellets as well.

Can anybody tell me how to sex adult woodies? Have looked on the net but can't find anything specific to this species.

I'm not really sure either
It's quite easy to spot the pregnant females though, as they have a yellowish egg sac sticking out the back.

 

[babba007]

I use cooking oil spray, and reapply probably every 6 months or so. I have a gazillion woodies that are fed on food scraps and dry dog food.

 

[mummabear]

My main dry staple is crushed dog biscuits and rolled oats.

 

[SYNeR]

Cooking oil spray... wow, I never thought of that.

I may get a bucket to use for holding/feeding and try that out.

 

[boxhed]

I had a problem with dry cat/dog food moulding-up, until I starrted running them through a coffee grinder - it's amazing how little they need when the biscuits are ground.

 

[Chris1]

i use friskies for protien, just whole, they have no probs geting thru them.

for veg, they get stalks from the liz greens (chinese broc/bok choy), leaves from teh liz greens too, and carrot.

fed twice a week, no mould, no probs,...

im going fro the bez84 type of arrangement next, need to get rid of the rabbit hutch so i can set the roach tank up in its spot,...!!!

 

[Laghairt]

For moisture I use carrot and/or half an orange. They seem to love orange as it disappears within 2 days.

I used to use water crystals but found that I started to get problems with phorrid flies. Using carrot/orange only seems to have solve this.

 

[Hindy]

My woodies don't seem to eat very much? Also i dunno if they are breeding. Also i find these little (2-3 cm) yellow hard things?

 

[MathewB]

What are you feeding them?

Its my understanding that the things you are describing are egg sacks

 

[kr0nick]

Yeh sounds like it. Try dog/cat biscuits with A orange every now and then.

 

[Hindy]

I'm feeding them dog food, orange, carrots, squash (all at different times ie. dog food and orange or dog food and carrot ect) but I separated/cleaned them out on the week end and removed all babies and I found one yellow thing that arvo it was out the back of an adult but then 5 mins later it was completely out and no babies?

 

[Sinners121]

my gf found a recipe i think it was equal parts tropical fish food, dog food, cat food, less rolled oats and powedered milk. i feed them that in a container and in a sepparate container i feed greens and fruit usually carrots apples and lettuce

 

[SYNeR]

I usually just chuck a heap of rat pellets (the big compressed cubes) into my woodie enclosure, along with carrot for moisture every 1-2 weeks.. I probably neglect them a bit, but they seem to be breeding okay..

I've still got to try the cooking spray method.