bug box crickets

[Lunatic913]

i just finished ordering from ebugco.com....they have preboxed 50 crickets pregutloaded and enriched with calcium my question is...since they are inriched with vitimins...do i still have to dust them with calcium? any one have any expierence with these crickets. thnks for any replys

 

[Brad]

Crickets will not stay gutloaded for very long. I am not positive about the timing, but I will guess after around 48 hours a lot of the gutloaded nutrition is gone.

 

[MicheleSmith]

Their method of 'gutloading' and hydrating the crickets is a green slob of gunk placed in the box that dries out quite quickily; looks similar to silkworm chow. I've purchased them from my local petstore before, and I always get a fair number of dead crickets at the bottom. If you're going to purchase them, than dust them, and I would reccomend using your own gutload. Lordy knows what they put in that thing.

 

[zinc99]

a method of gut loading beforehand is to starve the crikets for 12-24 hours then 1 hour before feeding give them a gutload. They will much it all down for they are starved. A cricket is only good as long as it hasent pooped.

 

[Lunatic913]

oic..thnks for the replys, i'll still dust them but really lightly

 

[Brad]

They will much it all down for they are starved.

They will also begin to eat each other, so be careful about that.

As I said above I am not really sure how long a cricket will remain properly gutloaded. Gutloading crickets an hour or two before feeding your chameleon would be ideal.