Gutloading; how the heck are you SUPPOSED to do it??

[PeriTanz]

I put fruits and veggies in with the crickets and they stop eating each other and appear to eat the food.. is that the extent of it??

Also I'm using Rep-cal brand Calcium w/ vit. D3 w/no phosphorus and Rep-cal brand herptivite (multivitamins) w/beta carotene. But where do you find the calcium w/out vit. D3?

 

[hallenhe]

Miner-All 0 from Sticky Tongue Farms has calcium without D3; that's what I use.

Gutloading is basically nothing more nor less than feeding insects nutritious food so they stay healthy and pass on that nutrition to the chameleons; so, yeah, pretty much feeding them the fruits and veggies is it. Some are better/more nutritious than others; this link will take you to a lot of other links with suggestions of good things to gutload with.

 

[carol5208]

LLL Reptile online carries the Calcium without d3. You need to get that one and dust your feeders with that at every feeding. Use the other two a couple of times a month.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I put fruits and veggies in with the crickets and they stop eating each other and appear to eat the food.. is that the extent of it??

Also I'm using Rep-cal brand Calcium w/ vit. D3 w/no phosphorus and Rep-cal brand herptivite (multivitamins) w/beta carotene. But where do you find the calcium w/out vit. D3?

What to gutload with: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html

You should be able to find calcium without D3 in the same place you found the two supplements you already have. Two good brands are RepCal, Sticky Tongues miner-al O.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/174-whats-supplements-brand.html