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Im about to make a dry gutload. Is this good? Crushed sunflower seeds (shelled and unsalted) Hemp seeds Dried mango Crushed peanuts Dried papaya Cranberry raisins and I might mix in some of the storebought Flukers cricket diet as well.

Thank you. :) All these tips are very helpful. What if you don't have egg cartons, though? My parents don't get the paper kind, they get styrofoam and I hear that the crickets like to eat it and it could be bad for the cham.

I think im going to go with getting an 18 gal tub, they sound the easiest to use. I don't understand the significance of the egg cartons, though. What are they used for?

A storage container sounds like a nice idea. I believe that's how Petco keeps their crickets, actually.

I noticed the ones I they have at my Petco are really small, though. About how many should those house? Also, I saw that they had some cricket water pillows as well. I was thinking about getting some myself.

Me again, with more questions! I feel like a kindergartener trying to solve the hardest math problem. Well, this one is simple, actually. How do you guys keep and house your crickets? I've read a lot of different things on this. Some say use oatmeal for bedding, some say the bottom of the...

Okay, thanks. :) I didn't think it mattered much so long as you froze it, and gave the crickets a little at a time so it doesn't go bad in the cricket keeper.

Thank you. Those helped very much. :) One more question, though. Is mixing wet and dry gutloads okay? Like, having a mixture of apples, oranges, and cranberries along with nuts, sunflower seeds, and bee pollen. Just didnt know if it mattered or not.

13 crickets, sorry.

Isnt that underfeeding, if anything? Im not quite a cham owner (yet, will be in just a few days!) but everything I was told says to feed younger chams around 13 every feeding, twice a day, and older chams about the same amount but not as frequent.

Ok, thanks!

Haha. I just thought of another question. How often should I feed the cham straight greens and veggies? Twice a week, maybe?

Okay. :) Thank you very much. I think im going to go grocery shopping soon and get what I can. After that, I might use a blender and mix it all together, and freeze a nice big batch so it will be ready for my cham when he gets here. Ill get the crickets the day before and gutload em'. :D

I thought I heard of people that would directly feed their cham kale, and they loved it. I guess I shouldn't do that, then? I can do without kale completely if necessary, I dont exactly get it on a regular basis anyway. I can definitely work with that. :) My only problem though is that I wont...

Oh, I can use potatoes and spinach also.

That definitely helps. :) Would this make a good gutload? carrots kale oranges sunflower seeds (shelled and unsalted, of course) dandylion leaves (when they're in season, I could pick them myself) hemp seed lettuce apples (these are just some common things I could easily find around the...

Thank you. :) I had already read that post before, and I still had some questions about it. Thats why I made this just to be sure. Its very informative though, I didnt know about the vitamin A.

Ah. Okay, great. I was worried if putting the D3 or multivitamins too close together would be bad. As you can see, im very new to this, lol. As for the gutload... I think it might help to know what other people on here use exactly. Im not very informed when it comes to nutritional values, and...

Alright, thank you all. :) Calcium without D3 every feed, Calcium with D3 twice a month, and a multivitamin twice a month also. Do I only use the D3/multivitamin for one feed, or for all the feeds in that day? Maybe a good schedule would be calcium every day, D3 on the 10th and 20th of every...

Im getting prepared for my first cham. Hes a male ambilobe, 3 months. :) I just need to get the feeding basics down. My first question is, how many times a day should I feed him, and how many crickets per feeding? I just asked the seller what size the crickets should be. What I've gotten from...