the main reason to use dog/cat food for the crickets is protein(especially
if you keep them before you give them to the pets) because crickets need
lots of it.
i feed my crickets pelleted chichlid food,total cricket bites and high
calcium food.
; )
-cassie
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At 08:13 AM 4/18/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello all
>I took my sick leo to the vet yesterday to be de-wormed. They gave ger
>Panacur and Flagyl.
>He is also having me force feed her from a syringe with a long rubber tube
>on the end so she doesn't hurt her jaw. He gave me some kind of
>canine/feline food called AD to dilute 50/50 with water. I am to also give
>her crix if she wants to eat them. she has lost about 20 g.
>
>Has anyone ever fed dog food to their herps? He also suggested to gutload
>the crix with crushed up dog kibble??? His thoughts being that we know the
>nutritional value of dog food but no one knows what is in that cricket food
>stuff. Of course if Im feediing the crix fruit and veggies, I guess I know
>the nutritional value of those.
>
>This morning she had very waterey stool, but she did have a belly full of
>liquid food and meds. She took her "breakfast" fine today and I will try
>some crix tonight after work.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Jeanna
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