hoppers in a can

[viva la viv]

Hey all..
been like three months since I was last here Although nobody would notice
me gone its good to be back. Thought I would ask If anybody has ever seen
those canned grasshoppers from exo-terra, I bought a can of extra large
for my cwd from west edmonton mall and man was i given a surprise these things were 5 1/2 inch long and as thick as your thumb. When the lizard tried to eat it I had to cut it in half with sizzors. They quickly became his favorite food next to dew worms. the only problem is my wife won't go near them.

[mrcarabao]

i give um to my beardie..
and yea..

i was like WTF?! when i opened the can haha
they are humungous!!!

[Austin]

I've seen em. I know of people who feed them to their larger pacman frogs. But even then you could see a huge "stick" pointing out of their back.

[froggsong]

I wonder how nutritious they are, since they are freeze dried? You can buy grasshoppers in different sizes live online too. As a part of a good diet the canned ones might be alright though. I'll have to see if I can find any and how much they cost... How much did you pay for yours?

How on earth do you get your CWD to eat nightcrawlers? Mine won't TOUCH worms. If he gets one in his mouth he spits it out, vigorously wipes his face, and then takes a plunge and keeps wiping and drinking water till he gets the taste gone... LOL. I just threw away a cup of melted nightcrawlers I forgot about in the back of the fridge... BOY was that nasty! It smelled terrible!

btw, I noticed you hadn't been around for a while. Welcome back!

[viva la viv]

I think I paid 3.99 per can canadian. There was really no secret to getting my cwd to eat worms I just rinse them in worm water the pull them through a piece of paper towel to remove some slime.Oh he will only eat the jumbo dew worms you buy for fishing they come in a 12 pack some 9 to 10 inch long and he will eat ten then a pinky hes a little pig. ya no tricks he just honestly loves them

[froggsong]

Mine doesn't like how they taste when he bites into them. Once he figured out that that wiggly thing tasted like that, he wont even go after them anymore, lol. I guess their tastes just differ like ours do. I bought the same worms you have, but he just wont eat them (none of them will, actually). The only herp I have that will eat worms is my newt, and she wont eat them all the time either. Her favorite food is escargot.

Mine has always been a very picky eater. I have to make him taste alot of stuff (gently open his mouth and stick it in so he'll have to try it, lol... That's how I got him to eat superworms). He wont even eat crickets anymore unless I don't feed him for a couple of days (he's big enough to not eat every day now). That's why I want to get some phoenix worms, since I think he'll eat them (he loves soft wiggle things like waxies and corn ear worms, which I wish we could get in the pet trade, he ate that quicker than anything I've ever offered him).

[escargo_pf]

Yikes, I have never bought them but I know what you're talking about. They sound eyepopping.