I answered this just yesterday on here also. But here it is again, I'm going to copy and paste lol, save some time.



"I used to give them to my females after clutches also. Since then there has been a lot of discussion and findings that make it a questionable practice. They are very high in fat and yes they will pop the weight back onto a female after she lays very quickly. They do have a risk of parasites (f/t will solve that though) and impaction though. Plus raw fat, even to add weight really isn't that good. It's better to give a well balanced diet and extra calcium to get the weight back on. In an emergency I'd probably still resort to one if her weight was at a critical level but I haven't run into that. What I've done to help this is I don't breed my females if they are under 350 grams and I prefer 400-500 for a minimum, they take the stress of being gravid better and even after multiple clutches don't wear down too bad. I also increase their bug count through the whole process. I will say that I never personally had any problems with pinkies but there are people that have and I'd hate to lose one of my girls when it could easily be avoided. "



Sean
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