food costs - Page 2

RichNick · #11 (**permalink**) 13-05-2008, 05:15 PM

well all i ever seem to be doing at the moment is buying food for lizards and ive only got 3. Pedro the beardie has eaten 17 size 4&3 locust today already plus some veg so there is a couple of tubs gone just on one beardie(growing lad tho...well i say lad but im not too sure now lol).Its just annoying as somedays he'll have a few, so dont wanna buy bulk then pedro decide he doesnt want that many but they way this is going im gonna have to.

luke123 · #12 (**permalink**) 13-05-2008, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Magpie

Obviously as has been said it would depend on the exact type of snake or lizard, its size, and what exactly it eats. At a complete guess though, generally I'd go for lizards. At the minute my snakes are on pinkies (£4.50 for 10, has one a week), fuzzies (£5 for 10, has one a week), and fish (£5 for 3 packets which each must have about 100 in, she has 3 a time, every 3 days or so). The tubs of locusts etc. I've seen in the pet shops don't seem to have that many in, and I've no idea how many they'd eat in a day but it must be at least a third of one of those little tubs for an average-sized lizard (bearded, say). Unless you get a vegetarian lizard, and then it's cheap as anything.

mine would eat 5 tubs of xl locusts in 5 mins!! greedy pig!! of course ive never let him thought

the-reptile-mafia · #13 (**permalink**) 13-05-2008, 09:52 PM

Why dont you just feed him crickets, my adult beardie eats two boxes of crixs a week plus a bag of spring greens and maybe a box of locusts every now and tehn

Declan123 · #14 (**permalink**) 13-05-2008, 09:59 PM

I think Lizards mate.....Hands down

yellow_python · #15 (**permalink**) 14-05-2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Siman

A tub of mealworms for my leopard geckos lasts over a week and they cost £1.50 a tub.

Now if you can feed a huge snake for less i'd like to know about it...

But in the same sense you wont feed a huge moniter for £1.50 per week and a large moniter would cost a considerable amount more to feed than a large snake. Also you'd need more than just mealworms for a lizard whereas a snake only needs 1 appropriate (sp) sized item

A little corn or royal may only cost 45pish a week for a small mouse mouse.

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