To piggy back off of MissSkilles:
silkies are a low protein low uric acid feeder
black soldier anything would be low uric acid if fed just veg, same with wax worms
As for bought feeders, ALOT of suppliers feed them a high protein diet because they grow exceptionally fast on it, and its very...
Dont feed your feeders high protein fish flakes etc. This includes "meat". Even if said feeders dont store the excess as uric acid, they will be higher in non insect/veggie protein. Cham kidneys will only take so many pinkies per week before they start getting iffy, as an example.
Though it...
The only time i have had this issue is over feeding lizards pinkies. AKA too much organ meat. And this caused kidney issues, not gout.
You are correct that gout is caused by the kidneys not getting rid of the uric acid fast enough. Unfortunately i dont have the key of either increasing...
High protein feeders dont cause gout.
feeding high protein feeders, high protein, causes the feeders to store protein as uric acid.
Uric acid is unique to the insect world. Us mouth breathers can not "store" protein. So our bodies do not know what to do with the stuff.
Mouth breathers then...
Poop technology
Starts off white urate and transitions to brown fecal
yours starts off white, does the transition to orange(this is where dehydrate comes in, if its alot of orange then its dehydrated)
I dont see orange urate
and after the first 1/3 of the poo, the urate is covering the fecal...
I dont think that is blood. Blood in stool isnt blood colored, and if it is, its only during the first few minutes of being pooped. So it might just be something red. What is your feeders and gut load?
If ANYTHING gets injured, its going to pretty much make the whole limb/tail dark from the injury to the tip/end. Its not nearly as bad as it looks. One cricket bite or a scrape is enough.
It will work. SInce its not halogen its only going to last 1000 ish hours. So you will need 2-3 a year.
I switched to these two styles long ago. They are basically a bulb in a bulb. I was tipped off to these by my turtle guy as they are basically splashproof.
"chicken or beef"
That's better than my vet
"cherry or bubble gum"
I went with bubble gum, it was pink, the beardy loved it. Vet said they have a natural sweet tooth.
Stink bugs. They are beardy and cham approved staples.
Not sure where you are from, but up north, these little guys invade your house, live rent free till spring, then move on. They dont eat anything, just kinda hibernate near the ceiling where they can keep an eye on you.
Happens all the time. You get stuck shed. Then you get another, and the one closest to the skin never dries out and just becomes a biodome for things that can live off of skin. Once the skin is removed its pretty easy to clear up with little effort.