What is that stuff that is like the cricket water cubes but can be bought from a garden center much cheaper? I'm not sure of the name.. thats all I need.. *chuckles* I know its been posted before but I can't remember when and going through 10,000 posts to find it would be too much *L*
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What is the stuff...??
Lucien
Aug 01, 2003 09:26 PM
Replies (3)
lizardman
Aug 02, 2003 10:57 AM
The chemical name is: sodium polyacrylate. I'm not sure if it has any toxicity when ingested, but I usually supply my insects with moisture from: fruits, vegs., spraying the interior caging lightly w/ water.
patricia sherman
Aug 03, 2003 08:36 AM
>>The chemical name is: sodium polyacrylate. I'm not sure if it has any toxicity when ingested ...
http://www.camd.lsu.edu/msds/s/sodium_polyacrylate.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question207.htm
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar99/921040790.Ch.r.html
http://www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/search/S/sodium_polyacrylate.asp
"Google" will give you others.
I don't think that it is the best stuff to use for providing water for animals. I know that the crickets seem to do okay on it, since I've used it for them in the past; but I have some anxiety about whether or not it could irritate the bowels of their predators.
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tricia
Lucien
Aug 03, 2003 09:59 AM
Thanks.. I'll check it out before I do anything... I'm just trying to figure out a way to up my production a bit more.. and supplying more water source would help alot..My house is fairly dry... so everything dries out really fast..in a couple hours...But I'll look through the information before I decide to do anything.
