Crickets, waxworks, mealworms, superworms...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/zoo.21246
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/zoo.21246
4 insects ...fed enhanced diet...
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@cyberlocc said..."Is this the "vita" bugs?"... I don't know....sorry.
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
it appears so
“were obtained from Timberline Live Pet Foods (Marion, IL 62959). Insects fed special diets and marketed for enhanced nutrient content (Vita‐bugs®) were used in this analysis.”
cyberlocc
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yep, I should read the article, if they really are better. What I do know is they cost more LOL.
like 7 dollars for 40 crickets. That are supposed to be large, and never are, so thats like 1/2 week supply for 1 cham.
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
lol. Well I can’t say if they are better or not I did get a free box of crickets from them at a show here and they were more lively and lived longer then the ones I buy here.
cyberlocc
Chameleon Enthusiast
They are very lively, not sure about life span, I only buy a few days in advance.
Pi11ow
Established Member
Intresting read.
“Although not all nutrients (i.e. calcium) can easily be changed these data suggest that the fatty acid composition, vitamin E concentrations, carotenoid content, and perhaps some B‐vitamin concentrations in live insects can be altered by changing the diet fed to the insect while it is actively growing. In many cases, the nutrient content of insects fed enhanced diets closely mimics the nutrient content of wild insects (i.e. vitamin E, carotenoids, and fatty acids profiles).”
“Although not all nutrients (i.e. calcium) can easily be changed these data suggest that the fatty acid composition, vitamin E concentrations, carotenoid content, and perhaps some B‐vitamin concentrations in live insects can be altered by changing the diet fed to the insect while it is actively growing. In many cases, the nutrient content of insects fed enhanced diets closely mimics the nutrient content of wild insects (i.e. vitamin E, carotenoids, and fatty acids profiles).”
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Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
I got 1000 crickets from them and I don’t think 1 died in the 2 weeks I had them.
Lennoncham
Chameleon Enthusiast
oh the ones I usual buy I have die off. But the timberline ones I got for free I didn’t.
