Gut-loading/dusting crickets

[VooDoo]

Just wanted to hear what you guys use, and find out what's really best. (FTR, I have 3 RETFs)

I gut-load with Flukers Cricket Diet (the tan powder stuff), carrots and sometimes potato.

I dust a few times a week with Flukers Calcium Powder w/D3.

Is this sufficient enough? I read today carrot/potato may not be good enough?

Should I also dust with some sort other sort of vitamin powder too?

Thanks.

[Heatheranne]

I use the same flukers diet, the calcium gel water, and flukers calcium/D3 indoor amphibian powder. I dust every other day. And herpivite powder dusting once a week.

[Shanny]

I use the orange flunkers cube things, different veggies, and fish flakes


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[Niels D]

I give them soaked cat pellets and soaked chicken pellets (for egg laying) and veggies.

[flybyferns]

I mix this :

Premium Cricket Gut-load - $12.75 : Purrs and Waggs Healthy Pets

with a dry homemade recipe for cricket food

I do not use fresh viggie stuff because I raise my own crickets, it just gets moldy too quickly! Makes the job more time consuming
( I owe John a "rasing crickets" care article- If I ever get it done it may be in the care article area )

I dust with these:

Rep Cal Herptivite Multivitamin Reptile Food Supplements

Rep Cal Herptivite Multivitamin Reptile Food Supplements

( on separate days ) schedule as follows mon- Ca, tues. vits, wed. nothing, thurs Ca, fri. vits, sat. Ca , sun. nothing
therefore:
2 days nothing
3 days - Ca.
2 days Vitamins

I think the separate day schedule is important when there are multiple frogs

A while back- I stopped buying the "Flukers Cricket Diet (the tan powder stuff)" because it always has bugs in it! The seal seemed to always be broken? Yes , I know- frogs eat bugs. I just did not want to introduce some kind if parasite into the mix.

Lynn

[Shanny]

Good idea Lynn.
I think I'm going to set a schedule like that, seems to be better.

[flybyferns]

Shanny,
You could check with others. However, the Rep Cal is supposed to be a good supplement.
I hope so, as it is the only one I have ever used. I remember reading an article , online, regarding using vits and Ca on separate days.
I'll try to find it. I think I will start to keep better track of these things.
The article was specifically about housing a few frogs (or more )in one enclosure, increasing the chances of them getting what they need.
Lynn

[VooDoo]

Thanks for all the replies.

[Shanny]

Awesome yeah I use the repto cal