Insectivorous Reptile Feeding

Cricket Gut Loading

In order to make the feeding of crickets most nutritionally beneficial for your reptile, a technique to gut load the crickets has been devised.

1. Place crickets in an aquarium with an empty cardboard egg carton in it for them to crawl on.
2. On the bottom of the aquarium sprinkle a small volume of Tropicana baby bird formula powder for the crickets to feast upon.
3. Place a couple of slices of fresh sweet potato or yam which will act as a moisture source and additional vitamins.
4. Allow the crickets about 12 hours to “gut load” and then feed a meal-sized number of crickets to your pet.

Crickets must be consumed within 3-4 hours or they will defecate out their gut loading benefits. Any crickets not eaten should be removed and re-used/gut loaded at the next meal.