Any way to avoid dusting crickets?

[Ghynhuee]

Well I guess it's because I started off hoping the Zoo Med food would work out and when that failed, I was kind of stuck in that mentality. I guess if that's the only way, I'll have to do it though. Thanks for the response.

[monster]

Hi, as mentioned above even when gut loading your crickets with calcium its still highly recommended to dust to make sure hes getting all his vitamins. And he also needs a multivitamin, not sure if you knew that. And they have to be given on separate days, Repashy calcium plus is very good brand and actually has all 3 vitamins in one.

[jasonm96]

You have to dust even if you have gut loaded the crickets. You even need do dust upto every feed with young frogs as they need a lot of calcium, which in the wild they would receive from eating a wide variety of prey, probably more like other frogs or small reptiles, mammals or fish, rather than crickets. I use Repashy's Calcium Plus which has been designed to use at every single feed as it has a more balanced vitamin content.

[Ghynhuee]

Ah right, I forgot. See, this is why that Zoo Med formula would have been good, too bad I wasted money on that now. Oh well, I guess it can't be helped :/

[jasonm96]

You could use the pacman food it will contain everything apparently but for me I would always feed live food and in that case it should be supplemented or you could use both the pacman food and then some crickets every other feed or so

[monster]

I also prefer to give live food because this is whats natural to them in the wild, and the variety of feeders you can give them I believe would be healthier for them. And my guys if its not moveing in a natural way they wont take it. But all in all as Jason said you can use the pacman food, I know of others that use it.

[Ghynhuee]

Yeah, I did buy the Pacman Frog food to make life easier, but like I said, she doesn't eat it. So I'm going to have to stick with the old fashioned way.

Thanks for the replies everybody!