FEEDERS

Terrarium animals eat insects such as fruitflies and springtails. We produce and sell cultures of many different feeder critters, some are meant to be basic meat and potatoes stuff others are for giving your herp a varied diet. The main idea is that you can eventually become selfsustaining by buying a few cultures from us, but if you do not have the time to breed your own feeders we can of course supply you with live food at regular intervals.
We are expanding our line of feeders on regular intervals and are now also producing feeders for larger predators than dartfrogs including aquatic animals. We breed all our feeders by ourselves, meaning that they have been fed quality food right up to and during shipping. At the bottom of the page you can read the small print.
Our number of feeders is growing at a rate that can make it difficult to choose and pick. For your convenience we have an ordersheet available for download. You just fill in what you need and email the form to us!
One of our main goals is to introduce new feeders in to the hobby to add to the diversity of the diet of our animals, this means that from time to time we will ask some of you to beta-test a new feeder.

Download pricelist

The homepage may be a bit overwhelming if you are new at the art of critterkeeping, to help you out we have made a table below with the feeders sorted after their relative size. Just click on the name of a feeder and you will move to the relevant part of the homepage. We breed all the feeders below + a couple more, we cannot always spare critters, so please check the pricelist for which feeders are currently available. When you need to order just send us an email stating what you need and your personal information, and we will get right back to you.

The small print can be read here!

Aquatic feeders

Small feeders

Medium feeders

Large feeders

Feeders for aquarium fish, tadpoles, salamander larvae etc. Feeders for small predators such as dartfrogs, small invertebrates, small lizards and their off-spring etc. Feeders for medium-sized predators: frogs, lizards, certain colubrids, invertebrates, birds, mammals etc. Feeders for large predators: frogs, lizards, certain colubrids, invertebrates, birds, mammals etc.

Chlorella

Springtails

Isopods

Mealworms

Paramecium

Fruitflies

Firebrats

Giant mealworms

Vinegar eels

Milkweedbugs

House flies, Terfly

Crickets

Micro, Banana and Walter worms

Grain Weevils

Green Banana Cockroach

Orange-Spotted Cockroach

Daphnia

Bean Weevils

Buffalo worms

Sunbeetle Larvae, dolas

Freshwater amphipods

Confused Flour beetles

Waxworms

Giant Katydids

Grindal and white worms

Aphids

Mealworms

Giant Panchlora

Microfex

Smooth Cockroach Smooth Cockroach Turkestan Cockroach
Snails Indian Meal Moth Turkestan Cockroach Dwarf Hissing Cockroach
Marmorkrebs Isopods Crickets Marmorkrebs
Moina

Firebrats

Stick Insects Isopods
  Crickets Snails Crickets
  Stick Insects    Stick Insects
      Snails

Flies
Houseflies, fruitflies blowflies and so on, hated by most people, but loved by our critters

   
Houseflies, Terfly (Musca domestica)
Curly-winged housefly a treat for animals slightly larger than datfrogs, such as geckos, hylids mantids etc.
Very productive, the generation time is about 3 weeks.

1 portion DKK 25,- When shipping to foreign countries we will primarily send pupae unless you specify otherwise.

   

Fruitflies
The main sustenance for dartfrogs, small lizards, invertebrates and also a hit among aquatic animals. We have developed our own nutritious instant medium, which is cheap, easy to work with and very productive, more info: Springhalens fruitflymedia  We can put together cultures of varying degrees of maturity, so that flies will hatch over a longer interval. just let us know!
We currently cultivate 8 forms of Drosophila, of different species and sizes. None of them are fliers.-

     

Droso A: Wingless small fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Very small ant-like brown fruit fly.
The main course for thumbnails and juveniles.
Depending on temperature a generation takes about three weeks. Tends to hatch over a prolonged period.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,- 

   

Droso B: Golden flightless small fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Very small ant-like golden fruit fly with white eyes
The main course for thumbnails and juveniles.
Depending on temperature a generation takes about three weeks. Tends to hatch over a prolonged period. A bit slower on the uptake than Droso A.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

   
Droso C: Turkish glider small fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Vestigial-winged glider-type, unable to fly, our most productive small fruit fly. Slightly smaller than Droso D.Tends to hatch over a prolonged period.
The main course for thumbnails and juveniles. Depending on temperature a generation takes about three weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Droso D: Small curly-winged fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster)
Vestigial-winged glider-type, unable to fly but almost as productive as the wild form. The main course for thumbnails and juveniles. Tends to hatch in masses over a short period. Depending on temperature a generation takes about three weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Droso E: Buzzati (Drosophila buzzatii)
A vestigial winged dark fruit fly, slightly bigger than melanogaster. "New" species meant to fill the gap between melanogaster and hydei. The generation time is about 5 weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Droso F: Mulleri (Drosophila mulleri)
A wingless dark fruitfly, up to twice as big as melanogaster! Another "new" species that looks and behaves like an ant!  The generation time is about 5 weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Droso G: Large fruitfly (Drosophila hydei)
The common large fruit fly which also is unable to fly. The main course for larger juveniles and adults. Very productive, the generation time is about 5 weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Droso H: Golden large fruitfly (Drosophila hydei Golden)
A hydei-morph from our American friends. Is slightly larger than the original, appears to be more productive and hatch over a longer period of time. Very productive, the generation time is about 5 weeks.

1 culture (1 liter) DKK 25,-

     

Springtails
Springtails are small primitive cousins of insects, that you might find in you compost heap or in flower pots. A very important food for juvenile frogs and thumbnails, but even full grown larger species love them. Also indispensable if you are breeding miniature tarantulas such as Cyriocosmus sp.
Very productive, generation time depends on species, most are about two months. A regularly used culture will last about 6 months. We breed several different species and we are always interested in new species. So if you are going to the tropics please us a bag of leaf mulch from the forest! We have a dream: The giant collembola from New Zealand, that are up to 1,5 cm long... That's about the size of a medium cricket! If you want to spare some, please send us an email! Our springtails are bred on pressed spaghnum.

 

Common white (Folsomia candida)
Up to 3 mm long. Mostly crawls around on the bottom og the tank, can jump.
Prefers room temperature, but is actually quite heat tolerant.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Pink tropical (Unknown species)
Up to 3 mm long. This is a climber and jumper, they are all over the tank and the critters luv 'em. This is the original tropical springtail. Prefers temperatures of 25-30°C.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Blue tropical (Unknown species)
Up to 1.5 mm long. Originally imported by Harald Divossen from Ecuador. Another crawler, prefers room temperature and does not care if there are mites in the culture.
Currently our smallest springtail, mainly for newly morphed out small frogs such as Dendrobates reticulatus.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Small white tropical (Unknown species)
A cousin of the pink tropical springtail originally from Peru. About half the size of the pink one, and white as ivory. Should be fed sparingly until the culture "explodes". Likes it warm and reasonably dry.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Photo is on the way Giant grey (Tomocerus sp.)
Up to 6 mm grey/black jumper, thats larger than a pinhead cricket. We caught original animals in leaf litter in the back garden. Prolific, is kept as all the other springtails and is very temperature resistant. Does not need diapause. Appears to be the same or a very similar species as the giant springtail from Ohio on Dendroboard.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Photo is on the way Small grey (Unknown species)
About 2 mm small, iridescent, almost bronce-colored little thing. We discovered it in a isopod-culture. Prolific, is kept as all the other springtails and is very temperature resistant.

1 culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,- 

     

Zygentomids
The order Zygentoma consists of primitive insectlike beings such as silverfish and firebrats.

     

Firebrats (Thermobius domestica)
A cousin to the silverfish, this one likes it dry and warm (35-40º C) to thrive and breed, meaning that it should not become a problem in a normal household.
Up to 12 mm long, a very good feeder for both dartfrogs, chameleons, salamanders, geckos, invertebrates and so on.
The generation time is 3-6 months depending on temperature, so you need to be a bit patient, but sooner or later you will have a thriving culture.

1 portion (about 30 animals in a 0,5 liter box) DKK 25,- NO REBATE

     

Caterpillars
We currently breed the greater waxmoth and the indian meal moth. We do have plans for other species, but need a little more time and space before we venture into more. Waxworms and meal moth larvae complement each other, providing juicy morsels for small and medium sized herps. Yep next step is the big guys!

     

Waxworms (Galleria mellonella)
Larvae are almost 30 mm long, much more productive, faster growing and unfortunately tougher to control than the lesser waxworm. A very good food item - when they themselves are fed quality food. In one culture there is 25-30 larvae as well as waxmoth chow. Our waxworms are gut-loaded with good stuff, not with sawdust!

1 portion (25-30 larvae with medium in a 0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Indian mealmoth (Plodia interpunctella)
Larvae are about 11 mm long, much more productive and faster growing than the lesser waxworm. A very good food item - when they are fed quality food. Are reared just as waxmoths on waxmoth chow. In one culture there is 25-30 larvae as well as waxmoth chow. Our larvae are gut-loaded with good stuff, not with sawdust!

1 portion (25-30 larvae with medium in a 0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

True bugs
Bugs are usually only used for food when part of meadow plancton. Quite a few bugs are poisonous or taste bad, mostly because of the plants they live on. Their bright colors are warning signs.

     

Milkweedbug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
An American bug, in the wild living on the poisonous milkweed. We offer a laboratory strain that feeds on sunflower-kernel and wheat grass. Within 5 weeks it will grow from 1 mm to 15 mm. Tor Linb of dartfrog fame introduced these to the hobby, calling them the married mans crickets.
Milkweedbugs are beautiful and productive, do not smell and do not become a pest. The first 4 instars are a great food for a number of animals, the fifth instar and the adults taste of bug. Easy to care for and loved by herps.

1 portion (25-30 bugs with food in a 0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Aphids
We have bred a couple of species of aphids over the years, the winner is... the humble pea aphid.

     
Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)
Nifty little critter making their living vampirizing pea plants, they will not attack plants in your tanks. The aphids are parthenogenetic, meaning that you need only 1 animal to start a culture. A fairly large species, uo to 6mm long, but typically around 3-4 mm. Very prolific and highly loved by small herps.

1 portion (several pea plants in a 0,5 liter box covered with aphids) DKK 25,-

     
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are an excellent food for larger fish, amphibians, reptiles and other insect eaters. We have tried several different species, both as pets and as feeders, and a few of these we have decided to continue breeding, some as feeders and some as terraium insects, most of them as both. For the homegrower cockroaches should be one of the basic feeders, they are productve, have a large size-range, most of them do not smell and they do not need that much attention.
     

Smooth Cockroach (Symploce pallens)
Small feeder roach (about 2 cm fully grown), looking almost like Blatta lateralis, only half the size and is just as productive. Very fast, glass climber. Produces ootheka, that can be collected for harvest of minute new borns that are smaller than wingless fruitflies. Excellent roach for small to medium herps and invertebrates. Just prior to collecting put culture in the fridge to make the roaches easier to handle.

1 portion about 50 roaches of varying sizes DKK 40,-

     
Turkestan Cockroach (Blatta lateralis)
Medium feeder roach (about 3 cm fully grown). Very fast and very productive, does not climb glass. Produces ootheka, that can be collected for harvest of newborns. Excellent roach for small to medium herps and invertebrates. Just prior to collecting put culture in the fridge to make the roaches easier to handle.

1 portion about 50 roaches of varying sizes DKK 40,-

     
Green Banana Cockroach (Panchlora nivea)
Beautifull, shiny green little cockroach from Cuba and the Carribean. Females are almost 25 mm long, males about 15 mm. Cannot survive in Northern European houses. Is ovoviviparous, after producing an egg coccoon , this is retracted into the abdomen of the female untill the eggs hatch. Adults can fly an climb glass, nymphs are small, brown typical roaches, living in the ground, and do not climb glass or fly. Only adults are used for feeding, as a treat especially to chamelons.

10 nymphs DKK 30,-

     
Giant Panchlora (Panchlora sp. Giant)
Beautifull, green medium-sized cockroach from the Carribean, a tad paler than P. nivea. Females are almost 30 mm long, males about 20 mm. Cannot survive in Northern European houses. Is ovoviviparous, after producing an egg coccoon , this is retracted into the abdomen of the female untill the eggs hatch. Adults can fly an climb glass, nymphs are small, brown typical roaches, living in the ground, and do not climb glass or fly. Only adults are used for feeding, as a treat especially to chamelons.

10 nymphs DKK 30,-

     
Orange-spotted cockroach (Blaptica dubia)
Actually a beautiful big cockroach with several plus points: Nice size range (5 mm - 4 cm), not able to climb on smooth surfaces, doesn't dig, likes a dry environment, doesn't smell, doesn't make annoying noises and is not able to reproduce in your house (unless you crank up the heat). Much nicer to work with than crickets.

Available in 2 "serving"-sizes
A) 15 cockroaches in standard box DKK 30,00
B) 100+ cockroaches in varying sizes DKK 150,-

     
Dwarf Hissing Cockroach (Elliptorhina chopardi)
Rather large cockroach (up to 45 mm) from Madagascar, with a nice big and juicy body. Large hissers tend to produce very slowly, but this species is almost as "fast" as the orange-spotted roach. Males emit a hiising sound when disturbed and during courtship. A slow starter but after a year or so you will have a nice productive culture for the larger herps and invertebrates.

10 cockroaches DKK 30,-

     

Crickets, locusts, stick insects and katydids
Excellent feeder items for larger terrarium animals. For some time we have been making jamaican field crickets in small amounts primarely for shows, we are aiming at boosting production to make these juicy morsels available all year round. We are also breeding the giant katydid  Stilpnochlora couloniana, a beautiful and interesting terrarium insect and a very good feeder, albeit mostly as snacks for spoiled chameleons. At the moment we do not have the time or space to venture into locust-breeding, but hopefully in a few years things will look a bit brighter

     
Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)
Probably the best cricket species for homegrowing: In order to breed they need higher temperatures than house crickets (and thus do not normally become house pests) their call is very low, they do not smell, they are very calm animals and can not jump very high and adults are almost as large as the black crickets. As always do not throw too many crickets in your terrariums, if they survive they may turn into terrarium pests, that will eat eggs, plants and small terrarium animals.
We are continuing to expand our production, so for the next months crickets will be sporadically on and off the sales list.

Small crickets: about 65 crickets in a container, medium crickets: about 45 in a container NO REBATE

     
Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)
Small, very productive and slow-growing. The perfect cricket for keepers of small insect-eaters such as dartfrogs.
We aim to establish a stable method of collecting eggs/micro crickets for resale...
     
Stick Insects (Baculum extradentatum also known as Medauroidea extradentata)
Neat and productive stick, grey-brown body with green legs and a couple of demon horns on top of the head. Breeds fine a room temperature, at 25 degrees the cultures explode. Mainly parthenogenetic, but has a rather frequent occurence of stray males. Females grow to about 10 vm, males only 6-7 cm, newly-hatched nymphs are only 12 mm long. We feed our sticks bramble. Loved by everythin from dartfrogs and mantids to chameleons. A nice and easily grown snack for your insectivores.

10 nymphs DKK 25,-

     


Giant katydid (Stilpnochlora couloniana)
Beautiful American herbivore katydid, fully grown 10 cm long, newly hatched only 5 mm long. Reasonably productive meaning that you can have a colony as terrarium insects as well as being able to give your spoiled chameleons a couple of katydids per week. Shown in the pics are eggs, nymphs and an adult katydid.

10 nymphs DKK 250,-

     

Beetles and their larvae
Several beetle species or their larvae are valuable food items for everything from the smallest species to the largest insectivore. Like the Creator, we have an inordinate fondness for beetles, and would love to have more time to just enjoy these little guys and their antics.

     
Grain weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
Productive up to 3 mm long slender weevil, feeding on wheat grain. The larvae live inside the seed, thus making the beetle the feeder insect.
Mantids and frogs and other small predators love these crunchy tidbits.

1 portion (2 dcl infested grains) DKK 25,-

     
Bean weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)
Productive up to 4 mm long rather fat weevil, feeding on black eyed pea beans. The larvae live inside the beans, thus making the beetle the feeder insect.
Various larger dartfrogs, insects, day geckos and salamanders appreciate this crunchy treat.

1 portion (2 dcl infested black eyed peas) DKK 25,-

     
Confused flour beetle (Triboleum confusum)
A productive cousin of the mealworm. Fully grown larvae are about 3-4 mm long and so are the beetles. As all tenebrionids beetles produce a noxious gas, to avoid build up, please move the beetles to a fresh container every three weeks. By doing this you also make sure, that you have plenty of larvae of the same size available for easy harvest. Larvae from the first container will be ready for harvest after another 3 weeks.

1 portion (2 dcl infested mealworm-medium) DKK 25,-

     
Buffaloworms (Alphitobius diaperinus)
Another productive cousin of the mealworm. Fully grown larvae are about 10 mm long and and the beetles are about 7-8 mm long. THis species is used as an excelent feeder for small to medium insectivores as well as an exterminator of mites in cockroach and cricket cultures.

1 portion (1 dcl larvae + medium) DKK 25,-

     
Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
The original darkling beetle larva, beloved and hated throughout the hobby. If you feed your meal worms on sawdust and old newspaper it is your fault that you get a crappy feeder. When fed a good feed mealworms are an excellent addition to your animals diet. Most animals prefer the soft, white larvae, that have just shed their skin. Up to 3 cm long larvae are relished by larger amphibians, reptiles, birds, monkeys and predatory invertebrates.

1 portion (100 g mealworms + medium) DKK 25,-

     
Giant mealworms (Zophobas atratus)
Yet another darkling beetle larva, that has become a classic feeder. Most animals prefer the soft, white larvae, that have just shed their skin. Up to 7 cm long larvae are loved by large amphibians, reptiles, birds, monkeys and predatory invertebrates.

1 portion (100 g giant mealworms + medium) DKK 25,- NO REBATE

     
Sunbeetle larvae (Pachnoda marginata peregrina)
An excellent and quite prolific feeder insect. Adults are beautiful yellow and deep brown beetles. Actually also nice terrarium animals. Adults feed on ripe fruit, larvae on leaflitter.

10 large larvae DKK 30,-

     

Landdwelling crustaceans
Focus is mainly on various isopods tropical or domestic,  but there are more things out there that might be interesting, so stay tuned. Crustaceans differ from insects by having a positive calcium/phosphate ratio, meaning that feeding your animals crustaceans will help avoid rickets. Crustaceans need calcium to build their exoskeleton, so remember a calciumsource in your isopod-containers.

     

White tropical isopod (Trichorhina tomentosa)
Up to 4 mm long. Crawls around in the substrate and on bark. Initially a bit slow to breed, but when the culture is up and running it is very productive and doesn't demand much from the breeder. Some animals love them others don't. We use them in all fresh started high humidity tanks as garbage men (remember to feed them for the first weeks until the tank is self-sustaining. A generation takes about 3 months.

1 starter culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Dwarf striped isopod
Up to 6 mm long, originally from the US. Crawls around in the whole tank, faster and more bold than the white ones. Initially a bit slow to breed, but when the culture is up and running it is very productive and doesn't demand much from the breeder. Not as susceptible to dry conditions as the small white, but still needs a moist environment. Some animals love them others don't. A generation takes about 3 months.

1 starter culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Orange isopod (Porcellio scaber Orange)
Up to 15 mm long bright orange isopod, spontaneous mutation originally from the US. Stays mainly on the surface and also loves to dig holes in the substrate. Initially a bit slow to breed, but when the culture is up and running it is very productive and doesn't demand much from the breeder. Some animals love them others don't, so neat that you can keep them as pets!

1 starter culture (1 liter box) DKK 50,-

     
Brown isopods
Around 1 cm. Stays almost exclusively on the surface. Very productive when kept at a temperature of about 25 degree Celsius.
We got this species from Swedish frognuts, where it originally came from is a mystery. These isopods are shiny brown, slender and very fast, looking almost like scuds, but not jumping.

1 starter culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Photo is on the way Dwarf Panama
Only 2-3 mm long, looks like a miniature version of the brown isopods. Very productive at frog room temperature. Originally from a German frognut.

1 starter culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     
Photo is on the way Dwarf Thai
Only 2-3 mm long, looks like a miniature version of the brown isopods. Very productive at frog room temperature. Looks similar to dwarf panama, but the Thai cultures are based on 3 (three) animals found in a bag of leaf litter brought to us from Thailand by a couple of friends.

1 starter culture (0,5 liter box) DKK 25,-

     

Aquatic crustaceans
A diverse cocktail of daphnia, isopods and shrimps, relevant as feeders for fish, tadpoles, salamanders and aquatic frogs. The marmorkrebs have a potential as snacks for large reptiles, raccoons, birds etc. No rebates.

     

Japanese daphnia (Moina macrocopa)
Up to 1 mm long species of daphnia, easily reared in small containers of freshwater.
An excellent food for tadpoles, salamanderlarvae and freshwater fish. By using  them as a biological filter and snack in our tadpole containers we only have to change water once or twice per month.

1 starter culture (2 dcl water teaming with daphnia) DKK 25,-

     

Large daphnia (Daphnia magna)
Up to 6 mm large daphnia, is grown in small containers just like Moina. An excellent food for tadpoles, salamander larvae and fish.

1 starter culture (2 dcl water teaming with daphnia) DKK 25,-

     

Freshwater amphipods (Hyalella azteca)
Up to 8 mm long mainly vegetarian miniature shrimp.
Can be used as a food item for aquatic animals, as a garbageman and of course as a neat little pet.

1 starter culture (2 dcl water teaming with beasts) DKK 25,-

     

Marmorkrebs (Procambarus sp)
A parthenogenetic crayfish discovered in Germany in a shipment of crayfish from the US back in the late 90ties. Since then Marmorkrebs has be found to be a prolific but invasive species, and thus is forbidden in several countries. Marmorkrebs are fascinating creatures in a large aquarium, but very territorial (we have lost quite a few juveniles that way). Can be used as feeders for large fish, mammals, bird and Reptiles.

3 young marmorkrebs DKK 30,-

     

Worms
Different worms for feeding tadpoles, fish, salamanders and frogs. No rebates.

   

Vinegar eels (Turbatrix aceti)
An itsy bitsy tiny worm about 1 mm long, look closely at the picture and you can just see them. Grown in a vinegarmixture at room temperature. Swims around in the aquarium for hours, excellent food for fry.

1 portion (2 dcl medium teaming with worms) DKK 25,-

     
Microworms (Panagrellus redivivus)
up to 3 mm. Very nutritious, grown at room temperature.
Mainly for small fish, salamander larvae and some tadpoles.

1 portion (1/2 liter box with medium teaming with worms) DKK 25,-

     
Walterworms
Half the size of microworms but fatter. Grown as microworms, just keep medium slightly more moist. Survive and swim for a longer time in water than micro worms.

1 portion (1/2 liter box with medium teaming with worms) DKK 25,-

     
Banana worms
Even smaller than walterworms, reputedly isolated from the soil of banana palntations, but who knows?
Is kept like microworms, seem to produce more if you mix a bit of overripe banana into the medium.

1 portion (1/2 liter box with medium teaming with worms) DKK 25,-

     
Microfex (Dero sp.)
Aquatic worm, up to about 2 cm, thin as threads, looking like slim versions of tubifex. We appear to be the first Europeans breeding these little things.

1 portion (1 ball of microfex in 2 dcl water) DKK 25,-

     
Grindal worms (Enchytraeus buchholzi)
Up to 10 mm. Very nutritious. For fish, tadpoles and salamanders. Grown at room temperature.

1 portion (1/2 liter box with medium, food and worms) DKK 25,-

     
White worms (Enchytraeus albidus)
up to 40 mm long, slightly fatter than grindal worms. Very nutritious. For fish, tadpoles and salamanders. Grown at 15-20°C.

1 portion (1/2 liter box with medium, food and worms) DKK 25,-

     

Snails and slugs
Snails and slugs tend to be ignored as feeders, unless you are a highly specialized herpetologist. Actually slugs are relished, by most frogs- and caudates. Hedgehogs go crazy for both snails and slugs. For the specialist interesting species of snakes, lizards and insects will only eat snails or slugs. Also large skinks and chameleons will chow down snails like they were candy. And snails are good suff, loaded with protein and calcium as they are. At the moment we are breeding east african landsnails and pond snails. We hope to establish cultures of 1 or 2 exotic slugs with a nize size and beautiful colors.

     
East African Landsnail (Achatina fulica)
Large an beautiful species, may achieve house lengths of up to 20 cm. Great terrarium animals, feeders and -after cooking - human consumption. Snails are hermafrodites. Very prolific, considered a pest in many countries, where they have been introduced as kitchensnails and/or pets.

1 adult snail at least 8 cm house DKK 25,-

10 young snails DKK 30,- (feedersnails)

     
Large pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis)
Cleaner in aquariums with daphnia and other aquatic feeders. Breaths atmospheric air, so does not use the oxygen of the water critters.

4 snails DKK 25,-

     

Microorganisms
Many fish, tadpoles and crustacean fry are depending on microorganisms such as algae and Paramecia. We are currently evaluating different organisms. When time and space permits we intend to start producing sea water microorganisms too.
No rebates.

     
Chlorella (Chlorella vulgaris)
Mikroskopic algae, basically green water. Excellent food item for daphnia, some tadpoles and fish fry.

1 culture (3 dcl of green water) DKK 25,-

     
Paramecium (Paramecium sp.)
Unicellular protozoan organisms. This is a giant species almost half the size artemia nauplia, thus being visible with the naked eye. A perfect food for small fishfry and filtrating tadpoles.

1 culture (3 dcl of medium teaming with critters) DKK 25,-

     

The Small Print

Prices
If not stated otherwise a culture is DKK 25,- If you buy at least 10 cultures the price per culture is only DKK 22,50. You can mix cultures as you please. Please add to this the cost of shipping. If you are a dealer and buy at least 50 mixed cultures the price per culture will be only DKK 20,00 including 25% VAT.

Monthly meat
In our Monthly Meat plan a culture is DKK 22,50. You must buy at least 5 cultures per month for at least 3 months to qualify. Shipping is as above. Payment in advance.

Holliday flies/X-mas flies
Is it that time of year or don't you have the time to make your feeders? Your old mum is supposed to take care of the frogs just like last year, when you came home to a bunch of burned out  cultures and a couple of late frogs...
Don't despair! We can supply you wih the cultures you would normally make every week and then some. We will send the feeders when it suits you.
But please remember to plan ahead and place your order some weeks in advance as we need time to adapt our production.
If you order a total of at least 10 cultures they are DKK 22,50 per culture, otherwise they are DKK 25,-.

Flexibility
You are free to put together the types of feeders you want as all our cultures cost the same. Fruitflies are made in 1.2 liter containers, most of the other feeders are sold in standard 11 x 11 cm containers.
We ship the animals when we have received your payment in full. When shipping to foreign countries we prefer to ship only on Mondays.

Payment
Please do not pay until you receive an invoice by email. Payment is by banktransfer to the following account or by PayPal to info@springhalen.dk. Shipping outside Denmark is on buyers risk. Buyer to pay all bankers or PayPal fees.

Be aware that shipping to other countries, especially in winter and summer, may result in slightly larger losses during transport than usual and also make sure that shipping feeders to your country i legal before ordering. We are not responsible for problems due to these circumstances.

Arbejdernes Landsbank A/S
Registreringsnummer: 5386    Kontonummer: 0509288

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
SWIFT: ALBADKKK, IBAN: DK9853860000509288

We accept PayPal! PayPal has a fee of ca. 5.5%

Order feeders!

We are continually expanding our list of feeders, so stop by regularly!

Send us an email if you have a suggestion for a new feeder we should start working with!

 

We ship to foreign countries every monday from Denmark, please order a few days before!

Shipping to Denmark
Up to 1 kg: DKK 50,50 sent as letter
Up to 2 kg: DKK 60,50 sent as letter
2-5 kg: DKK 66,-
5-10 kg: DKK 84,-
10-15 kg: ´DKK 125,-

Shipping to Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany
Up to 1 kg: DKK 83,- sent as letter
Up to 2 kg: DKK 126,- sent as letter
More than 2 kg: Base price DKK 177,- + DKK 18,- per kg

Shipping to the rest of Europe
Up to 1 kg: DKK 83,- sent as letter
Up to 2 kg: KK 126,- sent as letter
More than 2 kg: Base price DKK 177,- + DKK 26,- per kg

Shipping to the Americas
Up to 1 kg: DKK 127,- sent as letter
Up to 2 kg: DKK 209,- sent as letter
More than 2 kg: Base price DKK 177,- + DKK 67,- per kg

Shipping to Asia
Up to 1 kg: DKK 127,- sent as letter
Up to 2 kg: DKK 209,- sent as letter
More than 2 kg: Base price DKK 177,- + DKK 78,- per kg