Gut loading insects.

[Paul Rust]

I know this is an old thread but here you go. Buy the cheapest dry cat food you can buy, a box of powdered milk, and herptivite or other frog vitamin supplement.

1. Put some cat food in a blender, doesn't matter how much, say half full. and blend it until it is a little smaller than beach sand.

2. Put in powdered milk, 10 parts by volume.

3. Put in the herptivite, 1 part by volume,

Mix it all together and keep it in an air tight container. I put some in a petri dish and it lasts about 2 weeks before it starts to mold and needs cleaned.

This mixture gives your frogs everything they need without messy dusting, it is really cheap, and it's quick and easy to make.

I have 4,000 crickets at any given time and the mortality rate is very low and the crickets are dark and fat when I feed them to my frogs.

[Jace]

Great recipe! Maybe not one for the picnic table.... I wish I had read this before I bought another jar of gutload, but I will write this down and use if for next time. Crickets and I don't always get along, so the more I can save and then feed to the frogs, the happier I will be. If they weren't such a staple, I would never deal with them again!!

[Paul Rust]

I hate crickets too so the less I have to spend in time or money with them the better. Also, cut the bottom out of a milk jug and leave the cap on it. You can shake the crickets into it and pour them right into the tank. No mess, no fuss.

[Jace]

Milk jug...I don't think I would have ever thought of that, but it makes perfect sense! Anything that makes dealing with these insects easier I am all over it! I try and get them and have them eaten before they start making all that noise-the chirping drives me nuts. I can feel a twitch coming on as I type! Sigh, the things we do for our frogs and reptiles....good thing they are more than worth it!