Nobody likes my wheat grass...

[gothra]

I grew some wheat grass to feed to the roaches and mealworms, thinking it'll provide good nutrition to the feeders, and will so benefit my geckos. Well, I harvested 4 grass last night to test feed to my feeders; turns out absolutely NO ONE likes the wheat grass!! This is so disappointing! When I put the grass in the roach bin, the roaches did check it out, but they didn't even bother to take a bite. Even the mealworm and mealworm beetles that will chew on everything ignored the grass!

I'm going to cut the grass into small bits and mix into their gutload; I wonder if the dried grass is as good as the fresh ones?

 

[GeckoGathering]

Bunnies??

I grew some wheat grass to feed to the roaches and mealworms, thinking it'll provide good nutrition to the feeders, and will so benefit my geckos. Well, I harvested 4 grass last night to test feed to my feeders; turns out absolutely NO ONE likes the wheat grass!! This is so disappointing! When I put the grass in the roach bin, the roaches did check it out, but they didn't even bother to take a bite. Even the mealworm and mealworm beetles that will chew on everything ignored the grass!

I'm going to cut the grass into small bits and mix into their gutload; I wonder if the dried grass is as good as the fresh ones?

By any chance do you have a pet Bunny?
take care... HJ

 

[Geck-O]

You can make juice out of it. I've seen it before.

 

[Sandra]

Have you tried locusts or grasshoppers? They DEVOUR grass, and are said to be quite healthy, maybe you could buy some at a pet store until you spend all the wheat grass...

Ungrateful bugs!

 

[nats]

Hmmm! I would have thought your bugs would go for that for sure!! :main_rolleyes:

My bugs LOVE Brussels sprouts!! LOL!! :main_laugh:

 

[Haligren]

You can make juice out of it. I've seen it before.

I used to work at a smoothie bar that ground up wheat grass to make into a shot. It smelled nice - like freshly cut grass - but it made me nauseous to drink it.

Wheat grass is VERY good for you. One ounce is equal to a pound of leafy greens. It has more antioxidants, vitamins and minerals than anything on the market today. It's considered a live food which means it loses it's nutrition a few hours after it's been cut. It's still plenty nutricious (spelling!) even then though. If I could get my crickets/mealies/superworms to eat it, I'd so feed it to them. I'd have one healthy gecko!

I guess about the only thing that holds wheat grass back from being successful is the taste. Blech!