Cricket Gutload

[rob]

Hey all,

I was curious what, if any, gutload you use for your crickets out there?

Homemade stuff? Store bought stuff? Nothing at all? Just fresh vegtables?

I currently feed them some oatmeal with some Nature Zone Cricket Total Bites as their source of water and vitimans.

Rob

 

[morg]

My crickets at present are fed on cricket diet plus, flaked fish food and chopped fresh vegetables.
I find that the smaller crickets do better on just the cricket diet plus which has been dampened.

MORG

 

[swan]

Depending on what I can get at a discount:
Fish flakes
Cricket chow (fortified with vitamins)
Iguana food

As a water source usually water in a sponge thing with a reservoir (Armstrong sells these here in the US). For the really small crickets a piece of raw potatoe or Cricket Total Bites (which are water and food at the same time).

 

[edward]

I keep it simple,
for all crickets ground dog food as a chow. For water I use a slice of orange for 10 day old and smaller crickets. For larger crickets I use the waterers sold by flukers (which are chick waterers by the way). If the sponge wears out I substitute unbleached paper towels to hold the moisture.
The gels that are sold commercially for water often contain high amounts of calcium which can reduce the survival rate of the crickets.
Ed