Gut loading

[BigSwaug]

So I'm looking at ordering some hornworms and supers from greatlakeshornworm.com and I see they have a gut load you can buy. As of now I put some greens and cricket food in with my crickets and keep oatmeal in with my supers. I also dust the ones I feed each day. Should I get the gut load and maybe put what I'm gonna offer the next day in a separate container with the gut load for a day? How do you guys go about gut loading? And do you think it's worth getting a pre mixed gut load?

 

[nick barta]

You can do the separate container, but it will be tedious! If you use a high quality gut load all the time you won't be as frustrated. Now if you had big colonies, that would warrant not going through expensive gut load.

CHEERS!

Nick

 

[BigSwaug]

You can do the separate container, but it will be tedious! If you use a high quality gut load all the time you won't be as frustrated. Now if you had big colonies, that would warrant not going through expensive gut load.

CHEERS!

Nick

Thanks!

 

[brownie64]

I would have to agree with Nick only if you had so many feeders it would be cost effective to do so.

 

[gotwqqd]

Ilk be going two step way.
Growth will be cheap food like chicken feed and scraps.
Gut load in smaller bin with what the animal needs