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Does anyone use water crystals for their feeders?

Lou~

All the time and they work great. Don't get ripped off. www.watersorb.com

Could you explain how you use polymers in feeders?

Ben

Water Crystals are polymers.

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Not really an and. You mix the small polymer crystals with water which they absorb and you have Water Crystals. You then give them to roaches, crickets ect.

And ... then they eat the polymer ... just chew on it to access the water?

How does it function exactly?

Is the polymer bad for the animals it is being used on?

Yes they chew on it to access the water. On the companies website they say that there has been research done and the ploymer was found to be non toxic

You only need to do a search on polymers to find that they are considered to be natural and non-toxic. Here are a few interesting things I found:

www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/food.htm
www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/protein.htm
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What size granule do you use and what is the ratio of granule to water either by weight or volume?
Thanks in advance.
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No good deed goes unpunished!

Hello, I use and sell the water gel crystals on a regular basis. Although I did not get mine from watersorb the size I use is 1 to 2 millimeter in size and the ratio is approximately 1 ounce of crystals to one gallon of water. So needless to say a few ounces goes a long way!

Dan Haas

Crunchy Critters Roach Farm (and pet supplies)