Zophobas - Zophobas morio
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CHF 45.00
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Product information "Zophobas - Zophobas morio"
Zophobas as food animals / food insects
Zophobas are very popular with larger lizards and make a great change to the reptile's daily routine.
- NO staple food
- a great change
- high nutrient content
Zophobas are not suitable as a staple food, but should only be fed as a variety. The nutrient content of zophobas is higher than that of mealworms. Make sure that the Zophobas are not in the terrarium for long! A pupated Zophobas can harm a young, small or sick animal!
Feed the Zophobas a varied diet: peppers, lettuce, dandelion, apples, pears, melons, berries, courgettes, turnips and also fish food or wholemeal flakes are eaten.
Remember that only a well-fed feeder animal will produce a high-quality meal.
Order by Sunday evening - delivery on Thursday
Orders received by Sunday evening will be dispatched by A Mail on Wednesday or Thursday.
Please enter a recipient address where the parcel can be delivered.
We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
The live crickets in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - the prices per tin are otherwise Fr. 1.00 per tin higher, as we also feed and care for the crickets.
Even with the greatest care, it can happen that feed animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We accept no liability for this.
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24 May 2021 13:11
Fast delivery, good quality
I received fresh, healthy Zophobas from Zoo Roco, which I fed for a few days in a substrate of oatmeal and wheat bran, along with all kinds of vegetables and fruits such as melon, banana, etc. They were then offered to wild birds. Starlings in particular find Zophobas very tasty and cope well with these rather large feed animals. Hedgehogs also appreciate this delicacy.
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Mealworms are classic food for soft-feeding birds. For this purpose, hundreds of tonnes of the beetle larvae are produced in Europe every year. A bird's stomach is well prepared for this type of food. A mealworm consists mainly of a hard, chitinous shell and, due to its rather simple diet, contains only a few nutrients. However, the stomach of a reptile is not well prepared for these conditions. If too many or only mealworms are fed to reptiles, deficiency symptoms or obesity may occur. It can also be seen from the faecal residues of the animals that mealworms are only insufficiently digested. Feeding the mealworms with vegetables or fruit before feeding them only results in a certain vitaminisation, which could also be achieved by dusting the beetle larvae with a vitamin preparation. The high fat content of the mealworms is another reason why the larvae should only be given to reptiles as supplementary food.
For many bird enthusiasts, however, they are the basic food for their pets and are mainly bred for this purpose. At temperatures below 10 degrees C. the animals become motionless but are not dead. This can be used to advantage for storage. At temperatures of 6-8 degrees C. the animals can be stored for several weeks without food.Order by Sunday evening - delivery on Thursday
Orders received by Sunday evening will be sent by A-Post on Wednesday or Thursday.Please provide a recipient address where the parcel can be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
The live feeder animals in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - otherwise the price per tin is Fr. 1.00 higher per tin, as we also feed and care for the feeder animals.
Even with the greatest care, it may happen that feeder animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We accept no liability for this.
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Order by Sunday evening – delivery on Thursday
Orders received by Sunday evening will be sent on Wednesday or Thursday by A-Post.Please leave a recipient address where the parcel can be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered or collected too late.
The live feeder animals in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - the price per tin is otherwise Fr. 1.00 per tin higher, as we also feed and care for the feeder animals.
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Check out until Sunday evening - delivered on Thursday
Orders placed until Sunday evening with us will be shipped on Wednesday or Thursday by priority mail. We ask you to pay a recipient's address to which the package can also be delivered.
We assume no responsibility for packages delivered too late or be picked up too late.
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Order by Sunday evening - delivery on ThursdayOrders received by Sunday evening will be dispatched by A Mail on Wednesday or Thursday.Please enter a recipient address where the parcel can be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
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Even with the greatest care, it can happen that feed animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We accept no liability for this.
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Order by Sunday evening - delivery on Thursday
Orders received by Sunday evening will be shipped by A Mail on Wednesday or Thursday.Please provide a recipient address where the parcel can also be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
Live feeder animals in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - otherwise, the prices per tin are Fr. 1.00 higher per tin, as we also feed and care for the feeder animals.
Even with the utmost care, it can happen that feeder animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unforeseeable events. We cannot accept liability for this.
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Two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) subadult - Food insect
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for reptiles and amphibians
larger than the steppe crickets
subadult
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Order by Sunday evening - delivery on ThursdayOrders received by Sunday evening will be dispatched by A Mail on Wednesday or Thursday.Please enter a recipient address where the parcel can be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
Even with the greatest care, it can happen that feed animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We accept no liability for this.
The live food animals in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - prices per tub are otherwise Fr. 1.00 per tub higher, as we also feed and care for the crickets.
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large = tin with 10 pieces
medium = tin with 13 pieces
bulk pack = approx. 100 pieces
Cockroaches are among the most resilient feeder insects. They are undemanding both in keeping and shipping. They can usually go several days, even weeks, without food and also cope easily with colder and hotter temperatures during shipping.Cockroaches are gladly accepted by almost all reptiles. They provide a good change and alternative to crickets and locusts. As the males do not call, there is no noise disturbance during keeping or in the terrarium if an animal is not eaten immediately. Due to their rather impressive size, which is especially reached by the females, cockroaches are particularly readily accepted by large lizards.The fear that escaped animals could reproduce in a flat is generally unfounded with this species. For breeding, a home would need to have many damp areas and be littered with rubbish, which is usually not the case. Escaped animals mostly do not find enough food and ultimately die. All that is then found is a piece of dried-up animal.
Order by Sunday evening - delivery on Thursday
Orders received by Sunday evening will be dispatched on Wednesday or Thursday by A-Post.Please provide a recipient address where the parcel can also be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.
The live feeder insects in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays – otherwise, the prices per tin are Fr. 1.00 per tin higher, as we also feed and care for the feeder insects.
Even with the greatest care, it can happen that feeder insects die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We do not accept any liability for this.
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Contents Food animals:
approx. 13stk / Dose
Desert locust (Schistozerca gregaria)The desert locust (Schistozerca gregaria) is one of the largest commercially bred food animals. Females reach a total length with wings of over 75 mm in some cases.
popular food animal
for reptiles and amphibians
larger than the migratory locust
medium
The desert locust is one of the largest commercially bred food animals. Females reach a total length with wings of over 75 mm in some cases. Males usually remain somewhat smaller. This means that desert locusts are up to 30% larger than, for example, the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). The animals are pink-grey in colour after moulting. Over the next 6-10 days, the colouring changes to a strong yellow, especially in the males. However, the animals have the most beautiful colouring and patterning during the juvenile and subadult stage. Here, the animals are also coloured lemon yellow with a black pattern. It is precisely this colouring that arouses the prey drive in many reptile species, which makes the desert locust particularly popular with many terrarium keepers.Unfortunately, the desert locust is not as productive as the migratory locust and rearing the animals takes up to 2/3 longer. On the other hand, it can be bred almost all year round, as it is not too demanding on special types of food.The desert locust is an excellent food insect because it can usually survive shipping without damage, even in extreme heat and cold, and can survive for up to 2 weeks after shipping without the addition of food.Desert locusts are generally accepted by all lizards. Experience has shown that they are particularly favoured by large lizards such as bearded dragons, water dragons, basilisks, varans, ruffed lizards etc.. They are particularly popular with many species of chameleon, as they are particularly attracted to the yellow colouring of juvenile and sub-adult animals.Order by Sunday evening - delivery on ThursdayOrders received by Sunday evening will be dispatched by A Mail on Wednesday or Thursday.Please enter a recipient address to which the parcel can be delivered.We accept no responsibility for parcels that are delivered late or collected late.The live crickets in the shop are only available at this price on Wednesdays - the prices per tin are otherwise Fr. 1.00 per tin higher, as we also feed and care for the crickets. Even with the greatest care, it can happen that feed animals die due to temperature fluctuations or unpredictable events. We accept no liability for this.