Has anyone ever heard of using chicken feed as a gutload. I read a while back about this being the same thing as over-priced Fluker's gutload on the bearded dragon forum. If anyone uses this method or knows what type of chicken mash to use, please let me know.
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Chicken mash /feed as criket gutload
zag
May 14, 2004 03:27 PM
Replies (3)
Carlton
May 14, 2004 05:33 PM
It can be part of the gutload, but you need to be careful what type you get. Most chicken feed has antibiotics and/or growth hormones added. You may have to search for "gamebird" feed that has no additives like that. Also be careful how much preformed vitamin A is in it. You can easily overdo it. Check out the gutload recipe on this site to compare ingredients and figure out what you need to add to the feed.
http://www.adcham.com
lele
May 14, 2004 07:52 PM
I also have Reptayls gutload recipe(Morgana and Yosemite at http://groups.msn.com/REPTAYLSChameleons/_whatsnew.msnw)
if you want it. Email me directly. It's for massive amounts and you may not have access to all of the ingrediantes but you can adjust and replace (I had to)
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica the j sisters were sent to freedom last month 
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (MIA 
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
gutloader
May 15, 2004 01:32 PM
another thing to watch out for when using a commercial food like chicken feed is the amount of calcium...too much calcium will kill your crickets quickly.
