Overview

In this section i will go over a selection of livefoods and nutritional values for them in the hopes to consolidate all this information in once place to help keepers research and decided what foods to use for there own animals.

Livefoods

Locusts

Scientific name - Shistocerca gregaria

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Avalability -Abundant (95% of petshops in the UK)

Additional Info - One of the Staple foods for most reptiles is the locust, it can be used for most feedings in larger species as it has a good nutritional balence. It is important to remove any excess locusts after feedings as they have the ability to gnaw through reptile skin epspecially in groups.

Brown crickets

Scientific name - Acheta Domesticus

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Moisture - 68.8%

Protein - 16.4%

Fat - 9.3%

Calcium/phosphorus - 0.77%

Cost - £2.29 (2024)

Avalability - Abundant (95% of petshops in the UK)

Additional Info - Brown crickets are probably the most abundant livefood on the market, an there is good reason for this, nutritionally 

Black crickets

Scientific name - Teleogryllus commodus

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Cost - £

Avalability - Uncommon (33% of pet shops from my experiance)

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Morioworms/Superworms

Scientific name -  Zophobas morio

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Avalability - Common (85% of petshops in the UK)

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Waxworms

Scientific name - Galleria mellonella

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Avalability - Abundant (95% of petshops in the UK)

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Flightless fruitfly - Large

Scientific name - Drosophila hydei

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Avalability - Fairly common(60% of petshops in the UK)

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Flightless fruitfly - Small

Scientific name - Drosophila melanogaster

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Avalability - Fairly common(60% of petshops in the UK)

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Fruit beetle grubs

Scientific name - Pachnoda marginata

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Avalability - Rare (15% of petshops in the UK)

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Calciworms

Scientific name - Hermetia illucens

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Avalability - Rare (10% of petshops in the UK)

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Mealworms

Scientific name - Tenebrio molitor

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Avalability -Abundant (95% of petshops in the UK)

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Curly wing flies

Scientific name - Musca domestica  -Altered

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Avalability - Very rare (Mainly online season dependant)

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Dubia roaches

Scientific name - Blaptica dubia

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Avalability - Common (80% of petshops in the UK)

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Silkworms

Scientific name - Bombyx mori

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Avalability - Very Rare (5% of petshops in the UK online is better)

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Snails

Scientific name - Cornu aspersum

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Avalability - Rare (15% of petshops in the UK online is better)

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Firebrats

Scientific name - Thermobia domestica

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Avalability - Very Rare  (UK - Online is better)

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Tropical grey woodlice

Scientific name - Porcellionides pruinosus

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Avalability - Common (80% of petshops in the UK)

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Tropical orange woodlice

Scientific name - Porcellio laevis

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Avalability - Uncommon (45% of petshops in the UK)

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Lobworms

Scientific name - Lumbricus terrestris

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Avalability - Uncommon (50% of petshops in the UK)

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Dendrobaena worms

Scientific name - Dendrobaena hortensis

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Avalability - Uncommon (50% of petshops in the UK)

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Butterworms

Scientific name - Chilecomadia moorei

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Avalability - Very Rare (10% of petshops in the UK)

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Frozen foods

Rats

Scientific name - Rattus rattus

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Chicks

Scientific name - Gallus gallus domesticus

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Mice

Scientific name - Mus musculus

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Multi Mammates

Scientific name - Mastomys natalensis

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Guinea pigs

Scientific name - Cavia porcellus

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Hamsters

Scientific name - Cricetus cricetus

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Rabbits

Scientific name - Oryctolagus cuniculus

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Gerbils

Scientific name - Meriones unguiculatus

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Quails

Scientific name - Coturnix coturnix

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Dry foods

Crested gecko diets

Repashy Crested Gecko Diet

Suppliments

Vetark ReptoBoost

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Komodo Advanced Nutri-Cal Multivitamin

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Zoo Med Repti Calcium With D3 

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Nutrobal Calcium & Vitamin D3

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Vetark ArkVits

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Reptile Systems Vit-A-Min

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Vetark ACE High

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Suppliers -

First and foremost i always suggest supporting your local petshop before and distributor or online shop as these petshops in my opinion are a great resource for anyone in the hobby to visit and get first hand knowledge from. Also this section will be for people in the uk only

Internet reptile

Swell reptiles

Northampton reptile centre

Livefoods.co.uk

livefoodsdirect.co.uk