T-rex Cricket food

[tryme]

anybody use this? Is it any good? Can it be used for mealworms also?

 

[Amber7399]

no, sorry i've never tried it. i have the flukers brand i really like it. and i am not sure about the meal worms eating it. you can use ground up oatmeal, with a little dogfood, and i put in some fish flakes and a little bit of calcium/vitamins with a carrot, apple potatoe, or something along those lines for moisture for the mealies.

hope that helps

 

[Euphoric]

I really don't like t-rex because if you compare it to flukers you see flukers has a lot more to load into your cricket and has ingredients that are more "natural" (If thats the right word to use)
I have never heard of any used to feel mealworms but I have heard of feeding them soft moist turtle food.

 

[tryme]

ok thanks

 

[Gregg M]

Its not a good idea to load your feeder insects with calcium or other supplements especially if you plan to breed your own or keep them alive for any length of time.

Your insects will thrive on a good unsupplemented diet...

 

[tryme]

I think that suppliment is like a gut load isn't it? I thought the idea was you feed them the T-rex stuff and it gut loads them for your reptiles. I don't think its cricket 'food' as such...


This is the manufacturer comments:

The ILF series of Superfoods (Insect loading Formula’s) are designed to maximize the nutritional value of feeder insects by providing a concentrated formula that is carried in the insects’ gut, and absorbed into the insect’s body. The contents of this formula are then absorbed by the animal that eats the insect during the digestion process.

This series of foods is highly concentrated, and are not designed to raise or maintain feeder insects, but to be fed to them for 24-48 hours prior to them being fed your animal. For mealworms, it works great as a medium in the feeding bowl. For example, in an 8-ounce deli-cup, add about 1/8 inch to the bottom of the cup, and then add mealworms. This will provide a constant source of food/gut load for the mealworms, and insure that they provide maximum nutrition for your Reptile because the mealworms have a constant supply of this high quality formula.

 

[Gregg M]

The T-Rex insect diets are a whole food and does not need any additional supplementation.
Adding calcium to your fedders diet can cause health issues in both your feeders and your pets.

Just do a search on what too much calcium in an insects diet can do...

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Allen Repashy makes his Superfood line more for folks like us and the products are the latest formulation and come in resealable foil bags. Insect Gutload is what you feed your feeders. This is an old description (Cricket Diet ILF is pet store name) and the product no longer comes in the big plastic jars, but it should be useful. He just lowered his prices on Insect Gutload by quite a bit FYI.

http://www.superfoods.repashy.com/foods_ILF.htm

 

[tryme]

Ok, so what your saying gregg is if i was to use that cricket food. Then I added calcium in the 'shake and bake' method it will be harmful to my reptiles?

Also, i'm in the UK so i'm not sure if I can get hold of that other stuff. and also im sure thats the t-rex version I just posted about :S

 

[tryme]

this is the one im asking about

http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=158

 

[Gregg M]

Ok, so what your saying gregg is if i was to use that cricket food. Then I added calcium in the 'shake and bake' method it will be harmful to my reptiles?

No, adding calcium and supplements to your insects diet can be bad...:main_thumbsup:

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Ok, so what your saying gregg is if i was to use that cricket food. Then I added calcium in the 'shake and bake' method it will be harmful to my reptiles?

Also, i'm in the UK so i'm not sure if I can get hold of that other stuff. and also im sure thats the t-rex version I just posted about :S

I send Repashy Superfoods to the UK on a regular basis, have many happy customers there. This is the same product, and it comes in a lot better sizes if you get Insect Gutload. Sizes are 4oz, 8oz, 1.0lbs, 2.0lbs and 4.0lbs. I would hate to speculate on the freshness of the product available from that pet store type wholesaler. Here in the USA pet store products can be a year or more old when you get them. I get the product fresh from Allen, he is two days away, and using US Priority International Mail, which costs about $40 insured to ship for as much as I can get in that flat rate box (about 7lbs), you could have it in 6-10 days. The US Priority Mail International flat rate envelope for smaller quantities (I can fit up to 2lbs in that one) is about $13.00 shipping cost insured.

For more info contact me or any Repashy authorized distributor.

 

[tryme]

http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=158 is this what your going on about because I can get that thats what I ment by my previous post

'Also, i'm in the UK so i'm not sure if I can get hold of that other stuff. and also im sure thats the t-rex version I just posted about :S'

I think I should of named my thread better what I should of named it is 'Sandfire Super foods cricket diet by T-rex'

 

[Gecko Ranch]

http://www.reptilesupply.com/product.php?products_id=158 is this what your going on about because I can get that thats what I ment by my previous post

'Also, i'm in the UK so i'm not sure if I can get hold of that other stuff. and also im sure thats the t-rex version I just posted about :S'

I think I should of named my thread better what I should of named it is 'Sandfire Super foods cricket diet by T-rex'

LOL! Yes, that is what I am going on about. Long story short, Allen Repashy makes both, they are the same (also called "Insect Gutload though Repashy authorized distributors). There is likely a freshness and size convenience difference between the two ways of buying it - that's the point of my previous post.

 

[tryme]

ohh ok so that stuff wil be ok as a gutload and I can still suppliment them with the shake and bake method just before feeding to my reptiles yeah?

 

[Gecko Ranch]

ohh ok so that stuff wil be ok as a gutload and I can still suppliment them with the shake and bake method just before feeding to my reptiles yeah?

Yes, Insect Gutload is for the crickets and other insect food. Not sure what you are using to supplement (shake and bake), Allen makes Calcium Plus for that.
Check that out here, it is mentioned specifically towards the bottom of the article.

http://www.reptiles.repashy.com/calciumd.htm

 

[brad.a.c]

I've only used Fluker's Gut Load for my crix, (even though I don't use crix now that I have a mealie colony). But that worked good for me. :main_yes:

 

[tryme]

I've actually got the chameleon dust made by allen (although atm im not using it)...I've also got pure calypso calcium powder. I'm currently using a multi vit made by euro rep though along with my calcium on other days. (for my veiled) and also for my leo's i'm using allens leo dust and the pure calcium powder. For my crested i'm using allens cgd and calcium powder.