It is seeming to me very strongly that chopped up dry dog food, chopped up
rolled oats, and calcium/vitamin supplement may be a very good mixture for
gut-loading crickets and mealworms.
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From: "Hilde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] mealworms
> > I feed my crix, baby spinach,oat meal, crackers...carrots, potatos, dark
> > greens but no lettuce, thats bacuz I heard its not good for my Frogs,
thats
> > all, I'm not sure about the gex. & some prepared crix food,
>
> Romaine lettuce is safe, there's some nutrients in it, but iceberg is
really
> only good for a water source. I'm not sure about the value of crackers as
> gutload, seems to me there's not much in it, and possibly a smidge too
much
> salt? The easiest thing to do, if you're not into making up special
recipes or
> buying decent premade gutload, is to go hog wild at the bulk store, buy up
all
> kinds of grains, flour etc. If I run out of the mix I usually make, in a
pinch
> I'll use a mix of flour and ground grains: soyflour, cornmeal, amaranth
flour,
> brown rice flour, semolina, wheat germ, chick pea flour, milk powder and
rolled
> oats, wheat, rye and buckwheat. I can get just enough of each at the bulk
store
> to make a batch to tide me over until I get the time to make a batch of
the
> other recipe. Mix it up, serve in a dish on a bed of alfalfa, and use
veggies
> and fruit for moisture. This works for crickets as well as mealworms etc.
> It probably works out cheaper than the commercial gutloads when you
consider the
> nutients (or lack of) in some of the brand name ones.
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