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I was feeding my two-thousand some crickets today and I had a thought. I've got this 5lbs worth of rep-cal juvi pellets, enough to last for a long time. I sprinkled a few into the cricket enclosure and they were all over them!

I think this may be a good addition to the foods I give them for gutloading. It must be good stuff if we give it to our dragons. Of course I still give the crickets greens and oranges/apples/potatoes/whatever too.

What do you guys think?
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Amanda
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

Yep thats what I do

It's really funny to look in there and see those little crickets carrying the pellets around, looking for a safe place to chow on them. It's like they're saying, "MINE MINE MINE!"
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Amanda
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

I have been using the juvi-pellets for that purpose also. I feed flaked baby food dry and the pellets moistended.
good luck

>>I was feeding my two-thousand some crickets today and I had a thought. I've got this 5lbs worth of rep-cal juvi pellets, enough to last for a long time. I sprinkled a few into the cricket enclosure and they were all over them!
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>>I think this may be a good addition to the foods I give them for gutloading. It must be good stuff if we give it to our dragons. Of course I still give the crickets greens and oranges/apples/potatoes/whatever too.
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>>What do you guys think?
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>>Amanda
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>>2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
>>0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
>>1.0 ferret (Playstation)
>>1.0 cat (Wally)
>>0.1 dog (Tima)
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Bill DiFabio
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Always two hours before I feed the crickets I put in a coffee container lid full of moistened pellets both rep-cal and zoomed, and they swarm them. When I feed the crickets I actually see the pellets in the dragons mouth. I know gross, but you would not believe how much a cricket can actually hold in it's gut LOL

I also feed them cricket food from cricketfood.com daily. These are some well fed high nutrient crickets that's for sure LOL

Seems to make them last much longer as well. I know some other high nutrient foods that wipe crickets out, but have not had this problem feeding the above diet.
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Is there any reason why you feed the pellets moistened instead of dry? Is it just to get the crickets extra moisture? I'm wondering if I do this if I could cut out the orange/apple/potato slices all together. Seems like moistened pellets would be a lot easier to deal with (no leftover peels, etc.)

Today I took a couple of old jelly jars, tipped them on their sides and filled em w/ moistened pellets. The crickets all crawl up inside the jars and chow down.
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Amanda
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

I find the crickets eat more of it when it is moist as they can bite into it easier. They really eat a lot of it. I also do it for the moisture for the dragon. The only problem with feeding them this would be the mold issue. I usually feed the other stuff like you leafy greens, oranges, but in the morning I put in the pellets so by the time feeding time rolls around he drickets are gut loaded to the hilt with moistened pellets
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