Gutloading!

[Cobalt145]

Hey, just some questions about gut loading. I'm really just trying to see what the different opinions are on this because I realized one of the ways I've been doing it isn't super popular. I use some veggies, carrots, kale, etc but I also use a DIY mix of Flukers cricket chow, calcium without D3 and multivitamins. I mix and add a drop of water to make like a dryish paste. The crickets love it but I've never been super sure about it so I always dust. Any thoughts? Am I just wasting my time with the mix?

 

[timw1]

Dunno, but it can't hurt.

 

[Decadancin]

Even well gutloaded feeders should still be dusted according to the recommended schedule unless they are spending enough time outside each day with real sunlight, in my opinion. I generally will only use the fresh gutload on the bugs I am feeding off the next day or so. I personally wouldn't waste mixing the calcium in, but have been known to dust vitamins onto the gutload from time to time. It is difficult to know for sure if a chameleon is getting enough supplements this way, but perhaps others have been successful?

 

[Cobalt145]

so far I've been doing this for about a year and I haven't seen any problems with it like I said though I do also tend to dust and feed veggies just in case so idk.

 

[NDO]

Do people grind up the kayle, carrots, etc. into a paste? I just throw in organic blackberries, carrots, and greens as they are without doing anything to them....is this wrong?

 

[Cobalt145]

Do people grind up the kayle, carrots, etc. into a paste? I just throw in organic blackberries, carrots, and greens as they are without doing anything to them....is this wrong?

No, I mix the flukers cricket food with the dusting vitamins but a veggie smoothie for them also sounds cool

 

[NDO]

No, I mix the flukers cricket food with the dusting vitamins but a veggie smoothie for them also sounds cool

Wait so it is okay to just gutload with raw veggies?

 

[Cobalt145]

I'm really no expert which is why I was looking for opinions on the way I was doing it but as far as I know I don't think there's a problem with it

 

[Decadancin]

Wait so it is okay to just gutload with raw veggies?

I'm really no expert which is why I was looking for opinions on the way I was doing it but as far as I know I don't think there's a problem with it

The more variety the better! Many use things like bee pollen, spirulina, etc. Bell Peppers are also good.

 

[Miss Lily]

@sandrachameleon wrote some blogs about gut loading.

 

[Remkon]

I often get fresh fruits and vegetables and throw them in the blender, also add repashy superload or cricketcrack for nutritious value and to absorb the moist of the greens... I then make icecubes and feed those off, it has worked well for me.
Recently I started to just feed fresh fruits and vegies and give the feeders that are about to be fed some Stickytongues Vit-all the day before.