I can not talk down the product because I know nothing about it, but if you would consider this maybe this may have some bearing as well. While I am sure the contents of many ant species is known to have formic acid, its a big jump from a wild ant population as a food source to a powder containing formic acid. I would be intersted in the vendor and the product. But listen the studies I have read clearly deliniate that ants contain amino acids and other building blocks needed by horned lizards, while I can't say that someone will not come up with some magic formula, I would have to read the research and how they came to the conclusion that thats all they need? I think a 70 percent or more diet of ants with a mixture of wax worms, mini-mealworms, small king mealworms, 1/4inch crickets has proven over and over again to be a reliable food protocol for horned lizards. They are opportunistic and certian times of the year will eat other insects, thats a known fact, however again one only needs to spend some time in the field and check the horned lizard scat and you'll find the highest percentage of the scats I have found are always ants. So I am not going to automatically condem anybodys attempt to produce such a product but I am not in the slightest convinced that the product over long term would be acceptable. I would like to see several years of captive breeding behind this, as well as care and husbandry protocol over several years. If this product is an acceptable protocol is this his opinion based on what? We have had this discussion many times on this forum, you can check back, but the experts that I am aware of are not convinced by this as far as I know.....Again the amino acids and other building blocks that keepo a horned lizard healthy cannot just be one ingrediant in my opinion... So I am assuming your supposed to sprinle this in crickets and other insects? HMMMM? Last of all why not feed them their known food source instead of using a rich diet of other insects which is unatural over a long period of time? Cheers!!!
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