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[post_content] => Chicks are typically sold the day they hatch. This means you will basically have them from the moment they’re born. When your chickens first arrive, they’ll be about four inches tall and covered in a thick layer of super warm down. In the first week of life, your chicks will have grown about 50% larger than when you got them. By the end of the first month, your chickens will look like proper chickens. Their down will be gone, and you might consider moving them outside to a proper coop. Check out our full write-up for all the details on how chicks grow into chickens.
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[post_content] => If you are getting a new pet and need to scale up your dubia colony, you need to reduce your roaches' stress while getting the temperature and humidity inside the colony just perfect. Trying to speed up your dubia roaches’ growth has two effects: they will grow faster, and also reproduce faster. The key to reducing stress is a dark environment where your dubias are rarely disturbed. For all the details, check out our full write-up.
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[post_content] => The Critter Forum is a place where new and experienced pet owners can post pictures, habitat guides, questions, and tips about all things related to pets. We all want the same thing: good health and happiness for our pets. So let's keep this place friendly, constructive, and supportive by following some basic rules:
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[post_content] => In recent years, big headlines have made a splash by declaring crickets the food of the future. But are they? In 2025, there are still big concerns about the safety of eating crickets - there is a lot that science still doesn't know about how eating them might spread disease, and there is no way of knowing how mass producing them might affect us. Check out our full write-up for the run down on the potential risks of bringing crickets onto the market.
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[post_content] => My dumpy from has been laying in water for a few days now and today hes a balloon please help idk what to do. I saw on google to let him soak in bottled water. I got my frog from a local pet store and they just had it named dumpy frog. Temp during the day is 70-80 my mom is constantly turning off and on her heat which makes the cage temp fluctuate. There’s a basking spur that reaches about 90. Humidity is about 60. I have him in the chameleon zoo med cage with different levels in the cage so he can find the right comfortable spot to sit. I feed him crickets and I was not dusting them because ever website for dumpy frog care didnt say anything about dusting their food neither did the store workers when I asked about his care. He’s not in a tank with any other animals. He’s been sitting in the water more recently. I bought this container you bury in the substrate that goes at a slight slant so one part is a little deeper which he usually can stand in. He got in there and started floating upside down. I haven’t touched him in awhile other then him jumping on me when I put Crickets in his cage so I take him off me and today when I moved him to a container to see if he had any dots on him. I’ve tried looking up what’s wrong but they said either egg bound because I don’t know for sure the gender or an infection or kidney failure. I think I’ve had him for a full year now.
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[post_content] => Dubia roaches are popular for a reason. They make great housemates, they’re nutritious, and they’re easy to keep. And all those things go for discoid roaches as well, for the most part. Dubia and discoid roaches are both renowned for how bad they are at flying and climbing, and they produce very little smell. The main distinction between them is where you can legally get them - because dubia roaches are illegal in Florida and Hawai'i. Check out all the details on our full article.
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[post_content] => Like all bugs, black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) have a certain tolerance to heat and humidity. Ideally, you want your BSFL between 70 and 85°F with 50 to 70% humidity. Above 85, their metabolism will slow, and they’ll stop eating. Above 100°F, they will quickly start to die off. A hot summer day in the wrong conditions could easily kill your whole BSFL colony. If you can't keep them inside, consider swapping out the normal lid for a mesh screen, or making air holes to promote ventilation. When making your compost bin, avoid black plastic. Check out our full write-up for all the tips on how to keep your BSFL cool in the summer.
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[post_content] => Some people dread having to keep an insect colony of feeders around the house. The key to making your feeder insects be good housemates is your ability to keep it clean and fresh. This depends a lot on what kind of feeder you have- some (like brown house crickets) smell more than others. The best ways to keep your enclosure clean are to keep it dry and cool, while giving it light cleaning occasionally. Check out our full article for all the details.
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