I want my dragon to have the healthiest food availible for him, so i'm gutloading my crickets 24/7, with lettuce, celery, oranges, and Gutload. Is this the best idea? or should i only give them food every so often???
I don't see any harm in it, but i just want to be sure.
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Spoiled Crickets???
funnyman527
May 28, 2004 03:59 PM
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Mystical-Dragons
May 28, 2004 04:38 PM
No that would work fine, but if veggies is your choice for gutloading there are much better choices like colllard, dandelion greens, endive. Squash is also a great veggie for crickets cause they stay moist and fresh for a while, and last long in the fridge too. All of the above veggies are staple food choices for your beardies too. They are all great for moisture. I just bought some cricket food from cricketfood.com and so far so good the crickets love it, and it provides lots of nutrients/probiotics to the crickets. I also right before feeding the crix let them eat rep-cal pellets soaked in water for an hour or two. They eat so many pellets that when the dragon eats the crix all I see is the pellets in their mouths, and they eat and hold quite a lot of it in their guts.
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kephy
May 28, 2004 06:53 PM
I feed my crickets daily with the leftover greens and stems I don't feed my lizards. I give them moisture with orange, apple, or potato slices. They seem to thrive on this, and when my lizards bite into a fat cricket and green juice squirts out onto the paper towels, I know they're getting the good stuff.
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beardiedragon
May 28, 2004 08:03 PM
the folks from sticky tongue (miner-all) make a gut load called Vit-all. Its a powder you just mix with water so it turns into a paste. It has lots of good stuff in it and if you have a picky BD, it seems to make the crix more apealing (at least my guys seemed to eat more when I use it).
FYI, while gut loading (especially hydrating)is beneficial, dusting delivers more nutrients as there is more surface area to cover on the outside of a cricket than the inside of their stomachs. I love the T-rex powder since it sticks to the crix so well. it also helps balance the phosphorus:calcium ratio.
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