Vitamin Question for GTF

[charlamanda]

Update..I went to the pet store and got the vita stuff, but it was something else entirely. It's called Hi-cal Cricket Monster diet and you feed it to the crickets to gutload. It says it contains the necessary vitamins and minerals such as Vit D3 with the proper Calcium and Phosphorus ratio and is specifically for cricket/insect eating reptiles. Now that I am feeding this to my crickets do I still need to dust the crickets with more Vitamin and Calcium supplements?

[SethD]

Update..I went to the pet store and got the vita stuff, but it was something else entirely. It's called Hi-cal Cricket Monster diet and you feed it to the crickets to gutload. It says it contains the necessary vitamins and minerals such as Vit D3 with the proper Calcium and Phosphorus ratio and is specifically for cricket/insect eating reptiles. Now that I am feeding this to my crickets do I still need to dust the crickets with more Vitamin and Calcium supplements?

Yes, I would. Gut loading is not usually sufficient. If possible I would recommend getting repashy ICB(can be ordered online) to dust with since all supplements marketed for reptiles and amphibians are not even close to being equal. Some are inadequate and some actually seem to be harmful.

[charlamanda]

Yes, I would. Gut loading is not usually sufficient. If possible I would recommend getting repashy ICB(can be ordered online) to dust with since all supplements marketed for reptiles and amphibians are not even close to being equal. Some are inadequate and some actually seem to be harmful.

I saw a combo special at Josh's frogs it's a tub of vitamins and a tub calcium for frogs only $18(US), Would you recommend this or is the repashy ICB a better product? When I do the search for repashy ICB where should I go or is it a well know enough brand that it will come up with just the product search? Thanks for the info.