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A few days ago I took my mealies bran and added fluckers gutload to it. Now they seem to just lay around until picked up.

Before I did this I had them in just plain bran downstairs in my basement. They were fairly lively. Then a day before i fed them to my gecko I would bring them upstairs and gutload them with the fluckers gutload. They would then become lazy. I thought this was due to being in the warmer upstairs (although they should theoretically move more). I am now thinking maybe it is because of the gutload.

The problem comes in when I go to feed my girl. They don't move so she stares into her bowl for minutes on end waiting for movement.

How can I get this buggers to move more? I've tried a peice of carrot in with them but that did no good. Do I need to gutload since i switched to the ICB dust? I heard that that has everything a geck needs in it. Or is bran a good enough feeding for the mealworms?

Any help is appreciated.

Joe Conklin
jsc230@psu.edu

PS. The other day I posted about my beetles not reproducing. Well, I found a ton of babies, now they are seperated and growing (in plin bran).

I gutload my mealies on the flukers stuff and they are active as hell.
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Is it the flucker gutload with calcium? If so that's your problem. Gutloading insect with calcium severely lowers their life expectancy, especially if not provided a constant source of moisture. Do you have a blender? if so just make your own. I think leolover has a good recipe on her site.

Lisa

i have a post that asked if hi-calcium gutloads kill mealies and no one replied...and then i asked a few people..even cody from progeckos...and they said it shouldnt pose a problem...but o well..i have new gutload WITHOUT calcium...ill just transfer the mealies over..thanks cristin..great help!
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No problem, I had been using the same stuff for a few years. Now that I have switched gutloads they last so much longer, especially crickets. Crickets used to only last me a week, now they last 2-3 weeks.

Sometimes i buy a cup of mealies and theyre great, giving good beetles and reproducing well, and once in a while i buy a batch that dont live long and dont reproduce well. I wonder if this can come from too frequent inbreeding ?
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