earwigs

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I happen to have a large supply of pesticide free earwigs (pincer
bugs), do you think it is OK to feed them to my parrot and green terror
cichlids?

[Roger Sleet]

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> *Date:* 11 May 2005 11:22:45 -0700
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> I happen to have a large supply of pesticide free earwigs (pincer
> bugs), do you think it is OK to feed them to my parrot and green terror
> cichlids?

I think it depends what they have been feeding on. Earwigs eat some quite
toxic plants and the toxins will still be in their body.

Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com

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good point, thank you.

I also noticed that my Green Terror won't really eat live food. I've
been givng them frozen blood worms and flake food, and I have noticed
in the past that my parrot would eat live stuff, but the green terror
won't touch it. bummer.