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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 2'
@Brodybreaux25- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.'
@Brodybreaux25- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.'
There’s so much to address, I doubt you’d be short of material. Write!- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.'
Thanks @JacksJill ! Sounds like a blog from your corner might be in order! I’d love to read it.- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.'
Yup, part two is already posted.- Kaizen
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The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 2
The Philosophy of Gutloading 5. Insects and the work they do As I said previously, I was under the impression that though chameleons can’t digest many of the gutload ingredients we use, they can certainly access the nutrients of these ingredients via the gut contents of our feeder insects. In... -
The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.
The Philosophy of Gutloading Acknowledgements I would like to thank Anthony Herrel and Walter Tapondjou for their helpful advice on where to look for relevant papers. 1. Introduction Recently, it was suggested to me that our current gutloading practices might be wrong-headed. In particular, I... -
Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Current StAte'
Make it an ongoing thing then. If you present your hypothesis, and are transparent about where more work needs to be done, then perhaps we could all pick a hole and explore. Science’ll catch up to us...lol- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Current StAte'
Thanks to all three of you for reading this. @kinyonga, I am still thinking hard about leptin. Why don’t you write a research blog about it?- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Current StAte'
Love how you finished that with the Canadian ‘eh’.- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'The Current StAte'
Must mean you don’t like me enough...?- Kaizen
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The Current StAte
The Current StAte A blog entry about vitamin A is a tough one for several reasons. First, the literature is heavy on the chemistry and biology, and I am neither a chemist, nor a biologist (nor a scientist of any kind). Second, because vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, stored mainly in the... -
Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
That would certainly save me a lot of time preparing gutload. Hmm. Perhaps I will run a test with a few baby veileds, using nothing but pollen. Thanks Petr!- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
Fair enough, thanks for sharing.- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
I just want to add something here: I can, and do, accept that chams can’t digest plant material, but as I understand it, the point of gutloading is that the Cham doesn’t have to. The insect has already done the digesting; ie it has broken down the plant matter (like nature designed it to) into...- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
I guess the idea with gutloading is that it is the insects’ digestive system that does the digesting and reducing the plant matter into usable nutrients.- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
Thank Petr! I appreciate your reply here. I think you’re right about our state of knowledge.- Kaizen
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Comment by 'Kaizen' in 'Chameleon herbivory'
Interesting, I actually read that pin worms in tortoises are beneficial in that way.- Kaizen
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Chameleon herbivory
Overarching question: Why do some chameleons eat plants? Related Questions: Are all/some chameleons omnivores? What exactly makes an animal an omnivore? Should I be feeding my chameleon vegetables? Do some chameleons need plant material in their diet? Are chameleons able to digest/extract...