Pablo...
It is not appropriate to post it to the list, but the current version of
the recipe is publicly available on the new adcham.com website at
http://verity.mcphu.edu/adcham/insect.asp?id=18.
Pablo Reyes wrote:
>
> I guess that the key is the gut load and variety of
> the bugs.
>
> I don't remember exactly the recipe, but once upon a
> time (lol) in the chameleon journals was posted a
> recipe that I am not sure if I can post it directly to
> the list that is suppose to have almost all of what
> our little fellows need.
>
> Supplementation must be just that, a supplement of
> their diet and in my opinion must be every 10 days or
> so to avoid any kind of Hypervitaminosis/calcification
> that is worst than Hypovitaminosis/calcification.
>
> Lyle, do you think it would be a problem if I post the
> recipe directly to the list? The recipe will not going
> to be exactly the same but it would be very similar.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pablo Reyes
> Mexico City
>
> --- Barbie Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My question
> > > is, what do wild geckos eat that is so full of
> > calcium?
> >
> > It's just that in the wild, the bugs are eating
> > their normal diet, making
> > them more nutritious, and the animals are utilizing
> > the vitamins from the
> > bugs from the exposure to sunlight (except
> > nocturnal, or course).
> >
> > In captivity, we have to try to find a work around
> > to the bugs not being
> > gutloaded nature's way - that's where supplements
> > come in......
> >
> > > Also, I've read that leopard geckos will actually
> > lick calcium powder from
> > a
> > > dish when they need it. Has anyone tried this?
> >
> > Not with leos, but my other geckos like it. I also
> > give my crickets calcium
> > in a bowl, and they eat it, so I'm hoping to build a
> > better cricket:)
> >
> > Barbie >^,,^<
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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