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.
- Place crickets in an aquarium with an empty
cardboard egg carton in it for them to crawl on.
- On the bottom of the aquarium sprinkle a small
volume of Tropicana baby bird formula powder for the crickets to feast
upon.
- Place a couple of slices of fresh sweet potato
or yam which will act as a moisture source and additional vitamins.
- 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.
