Peppers in gutload?

[Texas Panther Man]

I was wondering has anyone tried using fresh jalapeno pepers in their wet portion of the gutload for feeders. Will crix & dubia eat them? I love fresh pepers so i keep them around most of the time. I culd just give the fedders my leftovrs. When im chopping em up.

 

[camshaft]

I haven't tried jalopenos, but I have found that green or red bell peppers keep the cricket stink away.

 

[draetish]

I was wondering has anyone tried using fresh jalapeno pepers in their wet portion of the gutload for feeders. Will crix & dubia eat them? I love fresh pepers so i keep them around most of the time. I culd just give the fedders my leftovrs. When im chopping em up.

Dude.....How about you feed them to your crickets and then eat a cricket to see if it's hot or not? I don't think chams are into 'pico de crickets'

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Yeah im not into sushi de cricket. lol Actually i wondered if it would make em spicey. But i aint gonna try em to find out. lol

 

[draetish]

Yeah im not into sushi de cricket. lol Actually i wondered if it would make em spicey. But i aint gonna try em to find out. lol

C'mon try one. Remember not to touch anything after handling jalepeno peppers. LOL (I mean your chameleon).

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Sure ya did. lol Gross subject but i havve noticed that the juicier fruits i give my crix in their gutload. Makes them a bit more full of fluid whn my cham eats them. I have crix juices all over the side of his cage. I have some cleaning to do this weekend. gross

 

[draetish]

Cricket juice is gross and I learned that superworms puke when you pick them up. I gave Rocko a big juicey hornworm and when he bit it, it squirted all over me. The things we do for our chams.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Well, since no one thinks they are bad im gonna put some in the cricket bin tonite. I will tell ya if my crix drink there whole water pillow tonite. lol

 

[draetish]

Well, since no one thinks they are bad im gonna put some in the cricket bin tonite. I will tell ya if my crix drink there whole water pillow tonite. lol

Just make sure 'you' try one first to make sure they're not too hot. Maybe add some tomatoes and cilantro and you will have pico de crickets. Want some chips to go with that cricket?

 

[serenitystarlite]

I don't think this is a good idea. I can't imagine something so spicy could be good for a chameleon.

 

[camshaft]

maybe if you want to make him drink.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Do you have any idea about nutritional reasons why this is bad? Or is it because u dont eat pepers yourself? They are non-toxic and have many medicinal properties in peppers. If you have a scientific reason for not feeding them then i will listen to you.

 

[draetish]

I would think that the jalepeno itself is okay. What would worry me is if the cricket didn't eat them and crawled on them and you gave one to your cham, it could burn his tongue. All kidding aside, if you hold a pepper in your hand and then rub your eyes, it's going to burn.

 

[Texas Panther Man]

That could be a possibility. But i would have to get a crick out of the bin that had just walked across a food item. I am going to see if the crix in my big bin will even eat them. I wont feed em the seeds either! I usually take 8-10 out and make sure they eat really well the night before i feed them off. So i will just feed my big bin and let them be japaleno free the night before. So by the time they are fed off any residue should be gone.

 

[Elizadolots]

Are you aware that capsaicin is used in some insecticides? There's a .pdf file on this page that's part of a government study. It says it's used to kill termites. If you really do want to try this, you might want to pull out some crickets and test it on them rather than the whole group, just in case.

 

[FiReBaNaNa]

Dude.....How about you feed them to your crickets and then eat a cricket to see if it's hot or not? I don't think chams are into 'pico de crickets'

is pico de gallo really hot? maybe its just cuz i live TEHAS

 

[Syn]

Agreed with test on a small portion before using it on the whole population.

Just a fun fact, birds (I am not sure which) are basically "immune" to the burning effects of the capsaicin in pepper's seeds. Capsaicin is what makes a pepper hot.

Another fun fact, the Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) is the world's hottest pepper last I checked.

 

[Lizardlover]

Agreed with test on a small portion before using it on the whole population.

Just a fun fact, birds (I am not sure which) are basically "immune" to the burning effects of the capsaicin in pepper's seeds. Capsaicin is what makes a pepper hot.

Another fun fact, the Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) is the world's hottest pepper last I checked.

what a nerd

I have also heard that birds are "immune" to the effects of pepper seeds. In Mexico and some South American countries people use habenero peppers as a remedy to rid themselves of parasites.

 

[jamncristian]

Another fun fact, the Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) is the world's hottest pepper last I checked.

i thought the habanero was the worlds spiciest

 

[Lizardlover]

i thought the habanero was the worlds spiciest

no she is correct, ghost chilis are the "hottest" known to man.