cricket food

[flybyferns]

Just made a batch of cricket food !



food processor:
wheat germ
non fat dried milk
few sunflower seeds and pecans
tvp ( textured vegetable protein)
Gerber- baby rice cereal
shredded coconut
organic yellow corn meal
Quaker oatmeal

store air tight in the frig



Yummy !



Lynn

[Poly]

I normally just feed my crickets oranges... lol! Haha, how long does that stuff last in there, my crickets will eat an entire orange in two days, but giving them something new wouldn't hurt, especially to get more nutrition in my frogs diets.

[flybyferns]

I normally just feed my crickets oranges... lol! Haha, how long does that stuff last in there, my crickets will eat an entire orange in two days, but giving them something new wouldn't hurt, especially to get more nutrition in my frogs diets.

Hi Poly

The amount in the little feeder last at least 3-4 days. Bonus! it does not get moldy !

I make small batches like that ( in pic w/ the container) because, it too, last a long time.

The ingredients (listed ) are stored in the frig as well! Another Bonus - You can eat most of it for breakfast!

I raise my own crickets, Poly, so sometimes I am feeding 100s and 100s at a time.
It could almost be used for gut loading. However there are a few important missing ingredients found in a "premium gut load":
ie speck of bee pollen, sea kelp powder, alfalfa and spirulina, brewers yeast and assorted dried powered fruits (pineapple, strawberry)

Dried-powdered fruits are hard to find and the amount of the other ingredients are better left to the professionals.

check it out :

Insectivores : Purrs and Waggs Healthy Pets

It's great stuff !! Worth the $$

Lynn

[BeckyM]

I use this stuff for my bugs :
Pros: food AND water in one feeding. No mess. Cons: it DOES mold. I was just about to feed my frog ...but...nope. He's not eating any mold filled bugs.
In a pinch, potatoes and old bread work as well. (Meaning: they keep the bugs from going cannibal on each other.)

[JeffreH]

It could almost be used for gut loading. However there are a few important missing ingredients found in a "premium gut load":
ie speck of bee pollen, sea kelp powder, alfalfa and spirulina, brewers yeast and assorted dried powered fruits (pineapple, strawberry)

Dried-powdered fruits are hard to find and the amount of the other ingredients are better left to the professionals.

check it out :

Insectivores : Purrs and Waggs Healthy Pets

It's great stuff !! Worth the $$

Lynn

+1 on gutload ingrediants - I also raise my producing colonies on farily bland dry feed (bulk chick starter, fish feed, dog food, etc) but set aside small feeder colonies to be gutloaded on a premium blend several days prior to feeding. The "superfoods" such as bee pollen and spirulina algae are absolutely brilliant and packed full of goodies. The gutloaded feeders also receive more choice greens and salad items as a moisture source. Very good thread

Becky - you may be interested in puchasing dry water crystals, the price difference is remarkable. You can buy dry crystals to make 1 gallon of the that exact same gel for $1 (or less), and it keeps forever. Just add the appropriate amount of water and let it sit overnight, infinite moisture supply! = )

I've never been a fan of Fluker's, though our website is currently down with the articles regarding the serious flaws in the business; they are most certainly not in it for the well-being of the animals. Keep an eye out for the Articles titled "Fluker Farms: What Next?" and "Technology Innovator of the year: Fluker Farms?" written by Cheri Smith at the ReptileRooms to get back online again.

[heyjude2200]

Jeff, Where can I buy the dry crystals to make the gel for my crickets? Also I thought that the gel, which I purchased from Flukers, like the pic that Becky posted above, was just to meet the fluid needs of the crickets. I have also been giving them dry cricket food that I bought online, is that unnecessary?

I purchase my crickets--I buy 250 at a time-- & keep using them for my frogs for 3-4 weeks, and they do fine in the cricket keeper. The last time I bought them there were little black worms in with them...what are they? Are the crickets contaminated? Also, has anyone tried buying live crickets in the little tubes?

Thanks, Jude

[S13]

Awesome! I'm a frog keeping noob so I just recently made the mistake of keeping my crickets in the container and not giving them food so yeah, needless to say I lost like half my supply I know for next time though!