Beginner Tarantula questions!

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it has been a while since I had my bearded dragon, so I haven't had the need to gut-load any feeders for a few years. do either of you have any advice on how best to get nutrition into crickets prior to feeding? I always used a mix of high calcium greens, raw oatmeal, and some of the commercial orange cubes they sell at pet stores.

I use gold fish flakes that are a crude protein of like 36% i think with no artifical additives or anything, 9 lives Daily essentials cat food with a protien of like 31% or something like that, oat meal and for fliuds I use apples and oranges. Unlike beardies and leo's too much calcium is said to be bad for T's. Protein is usually what you are looking for.

Regular small crickets would not be too hard for me to get I don't think!



Now to convince the boyfriend and find a T breeder willing to find me a lady T(or suspected female at least!)

If you have a real small T you can cut up pies of cricket or meal worms. You can also rip the legs off of larger crickets and give it to the T's as drum sticks. But if you use a slighty larger cricket then the recommended size just make sure you crush the head and rip the legs off or crush the leg joings so it can not kick or injure the T and you will be fine