Any tips on syringe feeding

[Beman]

Gotcha so I’m doing a mixture of lettuce carrots and bee pollen now

So you want a better gutload then that. See the gutload image for what to use and in what ratios.

 

[MissSkittles]

Gotcha so I’m doing a mixture of lettuce carrots and bee pollen now

Lettuce is good for hydrating your buggies, but offers no nutrition. Instead try a green like mustard, turnip or dandelion greens, collards, arugula, watercress, etc. Avoid greens like kale and spinach which have oxalates which bind to calcium. Along with carrot, add some various squashes, sweet potato, bell pepper, etc. I make my bug’s food colorful as some nutrients can be tied to color (ie: orange for beta carotene, green for vitamin A). I also use Repashy Bug Burger to which I’ve added a little bee pollen and spirulina.

 

[Tera_R]

Lettuce is good for hydrating your buggies, but offers no nutrition. Instead try a green like mustard, turnip or dandelion greens, collards, arugula, watercress, etc. Avoid greens like kale and spinach which have oxalates which bind to calcium. Along with carrot, add some various squashes, sweet potato, bell pepper, etc. I make my bug’s food colorful as some nutrients can be tied to color (ie: orange for beta carotene, green for vitamin A). I also use Repashy Bug Burger to which I’ve added a little bee pollen and spirulina.

Okay gotcha thank you for the advice!!

 

[Tera_R]

Lettuce is good for hydrating your buggies, but offers no nutrition. Instead try a green like mustard, turnip or dandelion greens, collards, arugula, watercress, etc. Avoid greens like kale and spinach which have oxalates which bind to calcium. Along with carrot, add some various squashes, sweet potato, bell pepper, etc. I make my bug’s food colorful as some nutrients can be tied to color (ie: orange for beta carotene, green for vitamin A). I also use Repashy Bug Burger to which I’ve added a little bee pollen and spirulina.

Do you dust with the repashy or do you mix it with water and feed it to the bugs

 

[MissSkittles]

Do you dust with the repashy or do you mix it with water and feed it to the bugs

I mix the Bug burger up with water per instructions of the label.

 

[Tera_R]

I mix the Bug burger up with water per instructions of the label.

This is what I bought and I’m assuming I definitely bought the wrong thing bc there aren’t mixing instructions

 

[Beman]

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This is what I bought and I’m assuming I definitely bought the wrong thing bc there aren’t mixing instructions

Wrong thing. This is a calcium supplement. We recommend the LoD formula if it is going to be used. You dust the feeders lightly with supplements.

Bug burger is for the insects to eat and it has directions on the back.