Crickets

[dim&shell]

I heard I should feed crickets 24 hours before I feed them to my Geckos, but what should I feed them?

 

[bitterbeauty]

They have a gutload you can buy from the petstore but typically I feed crickets romaine lettuce or other healthy fruits and veggies. You can dust them with calcium and vitamins to make them more nutritious.

 

[Fanner]

If you try to feed them something different each time they will get a nice variety of nutrition. I feed apple, potato, carrott, peas, greenbeans, banana, turnip greens, kale, collard greens, spinach, orange, pineapple, zuccini ~ basically whatever I have on hand. I rotate the veggies I feed my bearded dragons so usually I just toss a chunck of whatever they are getting into the cricket bucket. If the crickets are in a closed container watch that you don't add too much in the way of wet food ~ they need some moisture from these foods but if it gets too wet it will kill the crickets. And that really stinks :dizzy2: ! Try putting in one piece of whatever food you have on hand and peek in every once in a while to see how long it takes them to eat it. You'll get the hang of how much to feed then :main_thumbsup:

 

[dim&shell]

Thank you Fanner - good advice