Pet store feeders??

[bman123]

So I make it a point to find the best pet stores in my area, I like to see the animals being taken care of. Well anyways every pet store I go to the feeders are being fed different stuff. The last let store I went was feeding the superworms bird food. I thought that it seemed weird until I took a closer look.

Upon further inspection the feeders they had looked alot bigger and healthier then the other feeders from other stores. Some used rolled oats, some used blended up corn and oats then this one with the bird food.

Have you guys ever tried this out? I experimented with this and here's what I got. I bought two 50ctcontainers of mealies and 6 superworms from a different shop that were being fed oats and corn. I bought a half lb of this bird food and said I will give it a try. I gave one container of mealies my oat/ bran mix and the other ones the bird food, plus I gave the 6 supers the bird food.

I compared the two against each other after about a week of feeding them. The ones fed the bird food were huge, I mean alot bigger and alot more active. I hadn't fed my Leo the ones being fed the birdfood just incase something in the bird food is bad for the leos.

I'm currently trying to find a break down on this bird food but I keep running into PDF format sheets and my iPhone won't let me dl a PDF sheet for some reason. The bird food is called supreme fruit blend, it comes in a white bag or bulk but it has apples bananas and a grey bird on the bag.

What do you guys think of feeding feeders bird food? It's super cheap like $1 a lb and it seems to be working really well. I won't feed them to my Leo until I find out if the bird food is ok to feed the feeders as I don't know if it's ok for my Leo to eat it or not. What do you think?
I'm gonna go back online and try to find a non PDF file of this bird food so I can see what all is in it. When I was at the pet store they didn't have any bags of it left it was only bulk and the bulk doesn't really give you a breakdown of ingredients.

 

[bman123]

Sorrry the stupid spell check on my iPhone messed me up the bird food Is
zupreem fruit blend not supreme lol. Tell me what ya think

 

[bman123]

Ok here is what I found please tell me if something in there worries you about giving it to feeders
Ingredients: Ground Corn, Soybean Meal, Ground Wheat, Vegetable Oil, Wheat Germ Meal, Sucrose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium carbonate, Ground fruit (Bananas, Oranges, Apples and Grapes), Iodized Salt, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, L-lysine, Ascorbic Acid (source of vitamin C), Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Colors, Artificial Flavors, Canthaxanthin, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin K Supplement, Niacin, Calcium pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein (min) 14%, Crude fat (min) 4%, Crude fiber (max) 3.5%, Moisture (max) 10%

 

[bman123]

That was the beat breakdown I could find, the stuff is working great on the mealies supers and crickets I've given it to. I won't give them to my Leo until I know it's all good.
I have no clue what shouldn't be consumed by a Leo in terms of a gutload fed to the feeders.
I've looked it up and can't find anything online about giving this to feeders then feeding the feeders to a Leo. So I'd appreciate your expertise if you can chime on in and let me know if this is ok or bad news. The feeders are tearing this stuff up, it's cheap, and the feeders are growing like crazy. The one pet store feeds this to all their feeders but that's a let store and maybe they just use it because they have it on hand or maybe they use it because it's actually good for the reptiles the feeders are fed too.

 

[Khrysty]

The only thing in there I'd hesitate to feed my feeders are artificial dyes, but I can't see how that'll harm anything really

 

[thegeckoguy23]

ya im with khrsty and also i have used barly for supers before

 

[bman123]

The feeders are getting huge, they really like that bird food. It's $2.50 a lb so it's not cheap but not expensive, especially when I have only 1 Leo. It is really easy to keep plus it smells good lol. When I looked at the breakdown it has some good stuff in it.

I just like the fact that I can get it locally plus I use it to feed the birds outside when it's nice. The wife bought some cheap bird food and they barely even eat it, I put some of this out there and about 40birds were out there eating it.