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Cricket Questions

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  • 03-08-2004, 11:03 PM
    JLC
    How do you gut-load crickets? Are the ones you buy live from the pet store typically gut-loaded...or does it vary greatly by store? And how fast do they grow if you're buying tiny ones for a baby beardie? If I wanted to buy enough to last a week...would they get too big before he ate them all?
  • 03-08-2004, 11:17 PM
    Stores almost never gutload their crickets. The best way to gut-load is to offer a variety of food such as dry dog food, vegetables, fruit, grains, spirulina flakes. Crickets don't grow very fast so I don't think you'd have a problem keeping them small.....my problem was keeping them alive period, lol.
  • 03-09-2004, 02:11 AM
    Wizill
    my problem is keeping them from escaping.
  • 03-09-2004, 06:53 AM
    The_Godfather
    They sell cricket gutloaded. It has the moisture and gut load they need. It looks like jello cubes... I've used it, and it doesn't smell bad at all. I bet it'd taste good actually.

    Anyhoo, they sell loads of gutloaders. Just feed it to them for 2 days prior to feeding, dust em, and they're packed with nutrition.
  • 03-09-2004, 07:38 AM
    CTReptileRescue
    Petsmart gutloads (company policy). And the other two pet stores I worked at did. Just ask what they feed, and that should explain it.
    They do sell an "orange cube" product, but I cannot remember the company. Good product.
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