Hey Herpers,
Iam having some trouble with my crix recently and it was all going fine for about 3 months now the same thing has started again.I have a big Rubbermaid thats 15 or 20 gallon one of those anwyays I keep 250 2/3 crix in there and I have a little plstic container that I put my "Gutload".Now befor I get into the problem I have with my crix I would like to know if my gutload is ok.
When I first started out with my Lizards I just fed them crix that were from petsmart then I got more educated and slapped myself in the face for not gutloading them.So I searched around for a gutload recipe and I really couldnt find a good one.I found some that were good and free but you need to buy things your average oublix I dont think has like "Bee pollen" maybe they did but...I just decided to take my food processeor that I have a put a bunch of fruits and veggies in there.
Now I like to use a variety of fruits and veggies.I take alot of those baby carrots (AND YES I DO WASH EVERYTHING REALLY GOOD)becuase I heard carrots are really good for lizards and reptiles or at least I heard.So I take quite a bit of those baby carrots and put them in then I usually try to take at least one of every fruit and veggie I have.I take a orange and wash then I actually dont peel I just cut it and use the whole orange the skin and all i figure it is good for them but I could be wrong.Then that is what I usally put in but my gutload varies from what I have in my refrigrator(Now do you think this is ok or I should just stick to one gutload recipe?).
This week I put in a Kiwi(peeled of course)collard greens,kale,strawberrieds,squash,AVACODO(is this ok?)And I usually put more stuff in btu I cant really think of anything else.Sometimes I peel some potatos and put those in there.I dont usually put in celery I dotn know why but jsut dont.OK now I take all this stuff and I sort of blend it and it comes out to be this mush type of food it smells pretty decent but dosent look to good and It usually changes color becuase it depends on what I put in it of course.I take a little bit and put it in a seprate container where my "Gutload" crix are and I cant tell if they eat it or not becuase they dont go swarming towards it or anything u think they would.In my other container I just have some red potatos just so they have something befor they get gutloaded.
Now I have shared my recipe with you and I would definetley love to hear everyones feedback on it.WOULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING?ADD ANYTHING?Also if you can please tell me your gutload and if its worked for you for making your reptiles nice a plump and what you put in it and everything and how you make it that would be helpful not jsut to me but many people when the look at this thread SO EVERYONE PLEASE POST YOUR RECIPES =) for the Herps
Ok my problem with my crix now.When my crix came on the day it looked like there was a little bit more than average btu I really didint mind I used thier egg carton the provided.ANd since I wasent have trouble with the smell and flies and everything i WAS PUtting the my gutload mush in the regular rubbermaid and I WASENT removing some and just gutloading those I was gutlaoding all of them and I put a paper towel that was wet for some water for them.But this time I did everything as usual and when I went to go get some crickets it smelled HORRIBLE and there were flies in it.So basically what I am asking is How do I keep my crickets from dying and the smell down and the flies out?I usually clean it and change the gutload every other day but I dunnno.Feel free to POST POST POST POST POST!! PLz dont forget to PosT!
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0.2.0 Leo Geckos
1.0.0 Collard Lizard
