Gutloading & Calcium for Leos

Hey guys....for the calcium for leos what brand do you find best?? Just curious as to you own preferences.

And should I use Cricket Quenchers to help gutload? I'm also going to be feeidnt htem fruits of course. Just curious again!

[JLC]

I just ordered Rep-Cal from Big Apple. It'll be the first calcium supplement I've ever used...so I can't say I have a favorite.

As for gut-loading...use whatever works. Again, I don't have the experience (yet!) to answer that. But I'll tell you what I discovered in my own research. Gut-loaded crickets die MUCH faster than regularly fed crickets...so be careful. Only load up the ones you intend to feed the next day...about 12 hours before feeding to the leos.

[The_Godfather]

I use this tuff that says herp care on it. Works really well. I dust everything with it.

Get the gut load that is sold in small cubes of green jello like stuff. If you've got a spare 10 gallon you could keep so many crickets...

I use Re-Cal as well. Great stuff. Best on the market IMO. For gutloading you want to offer a variety of food....mainly protein (dry dog food works perfect), fresh fruit and veggies, potatos, and spirulina flakes (fish food).

[Marla]

How on earth could you keep crickets in an aquarium and not have a bad monster movie every time you opened the top?

LOL....Crickets are a pain, I admit. Thats why I'm a snake guy mostly.

[Marla]

Aha, so there's not some easy secret to it that I just didn't know about? I thought the answer was going to be something along the lines of "Duh, Marla, you use the Super Duper Cricket Keeper Tank Top (TM)!" or some such.

[The_Godfather]

Hey, ya'll should write a review on some of products

Aha, so there's not some easy secret to it that I just didn't know about? I thought the answer was going to be something along the lines of "Duh, Marla, you use the Super Duper Cricket Keeper Tank Top (TM)!" or some such.

LOL. :wink:

[Marla]

Well, if any of you find the secret, I expect to see it here! :lol: