i currently use BOTH vegetabels and store bought food ... just curious if there are any drawbacks to the food?
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Jason, Ichiro, Mika & Toki 
1.0 veiled chameleon
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ok tp use 'store bought' cricket food?
jsinger
Jul 28, 2003 05:27 PM
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JethrozMom
Jul 28, 2003 07:20 PM
I use both as well...havent seen any drawbacks to using the food, but id stay away from the "cricket water" type foods from flukers because it has been proven that this expands in the gut of the reptile and cause problems. If you just use something like "cricket bites" or Armstrongs "cricket chow" you shouldnt have a problem. As far as i know, anything geletin based is ok, you just want to stay away from polyacrilate (?) crystal based foods.
Hope that helps a bit,
Jamie
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Jamie A. Stine and the Gang:
0.1 Jacksons Chamelions (Clank) (we miss you, ratchett)
1.0 Veiled Chamelion (George)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Lancelot & Guenivere)
1.0 Giant Frog Eyed Geckos (Peanut Butter)
0.1 Borneo Short Tailed Python (Ezmerelda)
0.1 Red Tailed Boa (Buffy)
1.0 Short Tailed O'possum (Jethro)
1.0 Greyhound (Hank)
jsinger
Jul 28, 2003 08:24 PM
really?!?
i will NEVER use it again .. i have been using cricket water for over 3 years now and have not seem any problems! better not risk it! thanks again
Jason
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Jason, Ichiro, Mika & Toki
1.0 veiled chameleon
0.2 dwarf panther chameleons
jsinger_jimt@hotmail.com
compasscreek
Jul 28, 2003 10:53 PM
i have never heard this. i recently bought some flukers cricket quencher with calcium and before it was bought i specifically asked about drawbacks or dislikes about the product and only read good things about it. i'd like more info if this is true. was no good though.
dennis
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compasscreek backcountry adventures
JethrozMom
Jul 29, 2003 10:03 AM
Read yeterdays posts on the bearded dragon forum, we were discussing it there... many many people have had problems with the flukers cricket water product. I have never used it, but i do use the flukers orange cubes with no problems yet. However, im switching to Cricket Total Bites as soon as i can (we're short on money at the moment...i dont have a spare $6 for new cricket food..), because there havent been any issues with them as opposed to the flukers products.
just my $.02.
Jamie
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Jamie A. Stine and the Gang:
0.1 Jacksons Chamelions (Clank) (we miss you, ratchett)
1.0 Veiled Chamelion (George)
1.1 Bearded Dragons (Lancelot & Guenivere)
1.0 Giant Frog Eyed Geckos (Peanut Butter)
0.1 Borneo Short Tailed Python (Ezmerelda)
0.1 Red Tailed Boa (Buffy)
1.0 Short Tailed O'possum (Jethro)
1.0 Greyhound (Hank)
Carlton
Jul 29, 2003 04:01 PM
To me, simpler is better, and as I have feeders who won't eat the crix bite type foods I don't spend the money. All my feeders get fresh veggies, fruits, grains, etc. I don't offer water as there is no need. Whenever I look at the ingredient labels for commercial foods I feel things are missing and that the food is primarily to keep the crix going not the herp. Or, possibly the gutload makers want you to replace crix more often so they may not care about their longer lived health. Who knows. To compare ingredients with probably the best researched cham gutload go to www.adcham.com and look for "gutload recipe". This is a high maintenance home made diet, but so far is considered the best. A good commercially produced gutload is found at www.herpnutrition.com. At least the developers of the herpnutrition gutloads are doing current research on nutrition and actually applying it to the trade product.
