How many crickets should I feed my baby veiled in a day? Keep him with a constant supply?
Thanks for the help.
Nez
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How many crickets can my baby veiled have in a day?
nez02
Mar 09, 2005 10:01 PM
Replies (3)
Carlton
Mar 09, 2005 11:19 PM
How are you offering food? If you use a feeding bowl I'd say feed him as much as he will eat by mid-afternoon. Don't feed too late in the day, as you don't want undigested food sitting in the stomach all night while the cham is cooled down. More smaller prey is better than fewer bigger ones. If you are free ranging the crix you don't want uneaten ones loose in the cage at night...they can and will chew on your sleeping cham. If you want to free range crix make sure there is gutload available somewhere in the cage so they have something to feed on.
nez02
Mar 10, 2005 01:06 AM
No im feeding him from a bowl. The crickets are gut loaded from the flukers orange cubes, and I dust them every once in a while. There a little but bigger than pinheads but not much. Should I dust everyday?
Thanks
Nez
lele
Mar 10, 2005 12:28 PM
Nez,
I would recommend gutloading with REAL fruits, vegetables and a quality gutload. Cricketfood.com offers one or you can make your own - adcham.com has a good recipe for both dry and wet. The cubes are a general gutload and b/c the crickets climb all over them they can quickly get covered with feces which they can re-ingest and/or bacteria can grow. You would have to change them constantly and I think it will become an unnecessary cost for you. Spend the money on organic fruits and veggies instead. 
As for dusting, read the article I directed you to before on baby care as it discusses the whole gutloading/supplementation under the BABY CARE: 5 weeks to 4 months old section.
lele
>>No im feeding him from a bowl. The crickets are gut loaded from the flukers orange cubes, and I dust them every once in a while. There a little but bigger than pinheads but not much. Should I dust everyday?
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>>Thanks
>>Nez
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