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someone on another forum said not to feed citrus fruits to crix b/c it is a laxative to them and they dehydrate. I have not heard this before and am wondering what any of you know or think about this? I feed oranges to my crix often (of course with other stuff as well) but there have been times when that was thier misture source fo a few days, I sort of rotate.

thoughts? evidence? article?

lele
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

Hmm,

I've been using oranges as a source of moisture for my crix for years...no problems that I could see. But, I keep crix in fairly small numbers and can keep better track of their condition.

yes, it was news to me. I only keep one or two hundred at a time and i haven't attributed any loss to this in particular. it was on a gecko forum (not KS) and as I was perusing the posts I came across it and inquired...I'll be interestd to see if any one else here has heard this.

>>Hmm,
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>>I've been using oranges as a source of moisture for my crix for years...no problems that I could see. But, I keep crix in fairly small numbers and can keep better track of their condition.
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

I used oranges in the past for my insects and my lizards are fine.I have alot of books that say citrus fruits are okay to feed crickets.
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It's perfectly fine to keep an orange slice in with the crix for moisture. But it shouldn't your main gutloading item. Invest in a premium gutload such as the one sold by www.herpnutrition.com or make your own from the recipe in the insect section of www.adcham.com. But unless you've got lots of herps, that's a lot of trouble and not necessarily cheaper.
Ed

yup, they get a good selection and I have been making my own gutload taken from both AdCham and Reptayls - my own secret recipe - haha!

So I guess the citrus fruit thing is not true...didn;t really see how it could be, but you never know
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta