Actually crickets have a phosphorous to calcium ration of 2:1 unless gutloaded and well dusted... The Calcium should be double the phosphorous... *nods* This is also part of the reason my leos get pinkies often...they're a whole food...that include all the vitains and minerals needed in one go... without any supplementing at all.. Gutloaded mealworms can actually have a higher calcium to phosphorous ratio than crickets without supplementing as long as they're well gutloaded... Superworms are even more so plus have a higher fat content and moisture content.. this is usually to the good for an animal that stores fat naturally and mobilizes it in times of stressful events during their lives.. droughs, famines, etc etc.



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Lucien

1.1 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
5.11.Leopard geckos (1.2 Blizzards (Caine, Phoenix, and Mirage), 0.2 Tangerine Albinos (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short, and Casper), 1.0 Tremper Albino (Mycah), 0.3 Poss. Het. Albino (Annika, Lace, and Aris), 1.1 dbl. het blizzard x tang albino (Malice, Malfeas), 1.0 Full Stripe Chocolate Tremper Albino (Discord), 0.1 pastel (Raven) and 1.2 Normals)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros) (R.I.P. November 18, 2005)
13 rats (plus pups)
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Ashe and Hercules)

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