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My local Petsmart will be stocking the rest of the items soon. They’re waiting for the 75 and 100 watt halogens, 50 watt and 75 watt basking spot bulbs, pro t5 kit, shadedweller kit, and etc.

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I thought grasshoppers were illegal in the US or something, or was the hobby just nervous about it?

I made a new bin for my crickets because I had them in a 5 qt bin with fiber glass mesh top that got chewed through a little. I got some aluminum mesh from Lowe's, a 7 gallon heavy duty bin from Target (18"x13"x10"), used a Dremel Lite rotary tool with a saw attachment that's meant for cutting...

Do you think this enzyme could be what caused the calcium to phosphorus ratio to decrease despite papaya having a high calcium to phosphorus ratio? I'm currently a believer in creating healthy feeders through fresh produce then using gut load to increase their calcium to phosphorus ratio 1:1...

I'm sorry I don't know why it loaded tongue out emojis. Fixing it now.

I've been re reading some gut loading studies and would like to talk about the significant decrease of the calcium to phosphorus ratio in crickets fed papaya that's blended with calcium carbonate. "There was a significant decrease in the Ca to phosphorus ratio from day zero (baseline) to day...

I’m curious about the specific reason why earthworms are considered toxic to chameleons.

I'm learning new things about chameleon nutrition and Earthworms as feeders. Earthworms aren't typically used with other reptiles because they aren't always palatable. Do you have sources that I can read about safe protein levels for chameleons...

I think this link will work better for anyone that wants to read the study on gut loading earthworms. https://w.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/554

Found a new study on Google scholar about gut loading earthworms. Has anyone here tried Nutrogrub from Vetark? I would like to know your experience with it. file:///Users/ayanaevans/Downloads/554-Article%20Text-4421-3-10-20210429.pdf

For me gut loading is feeding the bugs a diet that will help increase their calcium to phosphorus ratio 1:1 within 48 hours before being dusted and fed to the reptile. Feeding the feeder is to use a diet that’s safe for the insects to eat in the long term because of the lower calcium levels.

Ontario, Canada I made a thread about the study that this diet was formulated in.

My Zukudla CricketMax2 samples have arrived 😁 Can’t wait to try them, especially since they’re made to gut load the feeders to a point where they don’t need dusting.

I’m supplementing my feeder insects’ dry food with B12 based off this but idk about fresh produce. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216782335_Gut_loading_to_enhance_the_nutrient_content_of_insects_as_food_for_reptiles_A_mathematical_approach

Not that I know of, the amount of calcium required to increase the calcium to phosphorus ratio in feeder insects to 1:1 before calcium dust is used will typically kill feeders in around 96 hours I believe? Some gut loading diets, like Mazuri Better Bug, kill mealworms within 24-48 hours which is...

Superload would be 24-48 hours before every feeding. Calcium tends to decrease palatability of gut loading diets so calcium levels tend to peak and decrease after 48 hours.

Bug Burger is meant for maintaining the feeder insects on a safe diet that won’t kill them through calcium overdose while the Superload is meant for increasing calcium, vitamin A,D, and E within 24-48 hours before they’re fed to the reptile.

I’ve done this before. The dubia would hide until it was turned off, the crickets would come out under it, and the mealworms were exposed too. Then I was reminded that UV destroys vitamins in food. So I just rely on the diet to increase vitamins now.

Maybe some arachnid keepers. I keep a tarantula but I feel I don’t have the recourses and knowledge to breed her so I’m not too sure about smaller spiders.