No, chicken chicken, like real food instead of processed . I never mentioned feeding no protein, I am just talking about real sources instead of dog food.

Throw in a few chicken bones every once in a while, they eat off the meat and some of the marrow. They love it.

I don't feed only fruits and veggies. They also get leaves (maple usually) and hay (because I already have it and they like hiding in it, they always end up eating it too), and they have a chunk of drift wood, and get oatmeal and powdered milk, and bread, and rice, and leftover baby food, and whatever funky food items my friend's mom keeps sending home with him that we're afraid to eat.

My colony has been going for almost three years. They have NEVER attempted to eat each other.

They are 3 billion times more forgiving than crickets .