Pacman food "Just add water"

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Thanks Namio: Interesting to hear that a professional breeder gives it a thumbs up. You do bring up an issue I've been going to look into. That is, how cost effective is the food? Now, it cost $ 16.00 for a 4 oz. pack. While that may sound expensive, we first need to determine a cost/feeding. That may be a little difficult because if you feed a variety of food items, they all have different moisture contents. What we need to do is get the analysis of, for instance, a nightcrawler. Let's assume it contains 70% moisture. And 2 of these guys weigh a total of 4.5 grams. if you remove the moisture (70%), the two worms weight is now 1.35 grams. The 4 oz. of pacman food is 113.4 grams. That's the equilvalent of 113.4/1.35 = 84 feedings or 168 nightcrawlers in one $ 16.00 pack of food. That's about ¢.10/worm. So, assuming the moisture content and weight of two nightcrawlers is correct, if you can buy worms for less than 10 cents each, then the worms are a better deal. But that's only for worms, and not crickets, pinkies and beef heart. You would have to do the math for those food items.

Thanks for your reply. I like the idea of beef heart.
Lloyd