What makes you think the crickets at the pet store come starving. As I mentioned, abused crickets die very quickly.

Also, all you have to do is look at the crickets body. healthy normal crickets have a decent sized body, skinny ones(lack of food) have a tiny shrunken body.

My last point, most who gut load crickets for monitors are beginers with little actual success. Us old time successful keepers and breeders do not gut load. Yet, our animals, grow like weeds, breed like crazy and live long lifes. Which is why I bring up these silly kinds of points.

The terms, gut load, or UV bulbs, are a commerial tool to MAKE AN INEXPERIENCED KEEPER FEEL GOOD. They are not so much for the monitors health. So you spend money needlessly to make yourself feel better.

If you knew the truth(that junk is not needed or even helpful) NOW, you will feel bad in a different way. Cheers

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