cricket food

malice · Member Joined: Sep 26, 2005 Posts: 40

anyone use any of the commercial brands cricket food, like water food & gutload, or water crystals + calcium like Fluckers products or anything?

what do you gutload ur crickets with?

thanx

Teiidae · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:33 am Post subject:

I gutload mine with Nature Zone total cricket bites...
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MO · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:37 am Post subject:

I have used Flukers in the past, they love it. You know what I've been feeding my crickets though? I take puppy chow, dry, and grind it down in the blender then mix a calcium supplement into it. I also feed them fresh romaine leaves and those cricket total gut load bite thingys, although my hissng roaches like those a whole lot better than my crickets.

I bought 500 hundred crickets 3 weeks ago and have had very little casualties so far. For some reason my crickets stay alive for a long time. At least until I'm driven crazy from the chirping and finally release the last few out into the wild!!

I get my crickets from Bassetts and they seem really fat and healthy when I receive them. What do I know though?

I'm off to a huge reptile fair in San Jose, California this weekend. I wonder what lovely little creatures await me there..........

drfish · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:

Fish food, fruit and veg, has everything you need in there.

jb · Honored Member Joined: Sep 01, 2005 Posts: 201

i use the dry fluker's stuff and some apple pieces and lettuce leaves for moisture. i hate the smell if you give them water or wet cotton balls b/c the poop sticks to it and every 2-3 days you are changing it out.

Janice · Member Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 11

I was just wondering if anyone has tried the cricket gutload from
www.cricketfood.com?

Gypsybird · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:01 pm Post subject:

I get my cricket, roach and superworm food from cricketfood.com. I order the premium blends that contain bee pollen and other good stuff.

They mix batches fresh and the quality is outstanding.
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Janice · Member Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 11

Anyone that has tried it, certainly gives it rave reviews, that's for sure! I can't wait to try it myself.

reptilecrazy74 · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

ive been using nature zones total bites and water crystals they really seem to like them . i also throw lettuce, apples and stuff like that in for them to munch on since the nature zone stuff is pretty expensive even with the deal i get from work.
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kathy · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: monkey chow

i just bought a bag of monkey chow for hurricane backup. Oh my god its great for crix soak it in water and sit a couple of pieces on the floor of the tank they love it!
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