----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Isaksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [gecko]Geckos and crickets
> Hi Jon, Long time no see.... Nice to see your still around.... Magnus Forsberg > > Some 8 years ago, my and a couple of friends got together and started to > breed crickets commercially. > So during those 3 years when we did this we tried loads of different feeds, > with different success. > The best feed, without a doubt (in terms of growth and price), was the > Turkey start (dont know the English name) but basically what you feed young > Turkey chicks. > We saw a noticable difference in growth rate with this feed. > > I moved to England from Sweden a few years back, so dont do any commercial > cricket breeding anymore though my friends have continued but I still use it > for my own little breeding colony of crickets. > > Cheers > Jon > > --------------------------- > Jon Isaksson > Manchester > UK > > >Gexers, > > > >I used to use Layena (chick starter) for the crickets until I was told that > >is too high in something (can't remember what). Basically, crickets may not > >have the same nutritional requirements as rabbits and hampsters. I would > >purchase some good cricket food like Dr. Susan Donoghue's or Alan Repashy's > >and see how close these food items come to it. Basically crickets will eat > >just about anything, however, whether or not that is really suitable for > >them nutritionally is the question you need to answer. > > > >Julie B. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>as an odd thought. I have a ton of hampster litter. would that work? right > >>now I just have some paper towels that I change every other day. Icky > >>work. > >> > >>Liz > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
