Accidentally spilled d3 on all my crickets

[Ruethechameleon]

Ok so this is dumb my but like I accidentally spilled some of my calcium with d3 in the container where I keep my crickets and they literally all got covered in it. Do I like dunk them individually in water to get it off or just get rid of them cause I got them like 3 days ago and it’d be such a waste of money to get rid of them. Cause I definitely can’t feed them to my cham now.

 

[kinyonga]

Don't dunk them in water. The powder should fall off them in a couple of days.

 

[Ruethechameleon]

Don't dunk them in water. The powder should fall off them in a couple of days.

Ok thank you! Would dunking them in water kill them??

 

[Shanar808]

Ok thank you! Would dunking them in water kill them??

YES! They drown soo easily! I had killed 3 pinheads with a single drop of water once. It’s like they stuck their head in and took a deep breath of h2o on purpose.

 

[Fchamel]

Crickets die so easily.. one of the reasons I stopped feeding them. Every time I put carrot in their gutload they died.

 

[Ruethechameleon]

YES! They drown soo easily! I had killed 3 pinheads with a single drop of water once. It’s like they stuck their head in and took a deep breath of h2o on purpose.

Aw man poor little things

 

[Ruethechameleon]

Crickets die so easily.. one of the reasons I stopped feeding them. Every time I put carrot in their gutload they died.

So I’m not the only one! They’d always die so fast when I’d put carrots in there for them, I started putting kale in instead and they LOVE it so much more like they all gather around it and eat it

 

[Fchamel]

So I’m not the only one! They’d always die so fast when I’d put carrots in there for them, I started putting kale in instead and they LOVE it so much more like they all gather around it and eat it

Ha! I don't believe kale is recommended for gutload. I recommend using collard greens or mustard greens.

 

[Shanar808]

Ok thank you! Would dunking them in water kill them??

There was one time, when I first started using bee pollen, I tried to lightly mist them to help the pollen stick to their bodies and they all drowned instantly with not even a full spray bottle squirt of fine mist. Lesson learned

 

[Ruethechameleon]

There was one time, when I first started using bee pollen, I tried to lightly mist them to help the pollen stick to their bodies and they all drowned instantly with not even a full spray bottle squirt of fine mist. Lesson learned

Oh no

 

[Ruethechameleon]

Ha! I don't believe kale is recommended for gutload. I recommend using collard greens or mustard greens.

Yeah I know, they aren’t like a 10/10 things for gut loading but it’s all I have right now until I can get some other greens lol