Celery as a gut load?

[Drago]

I've never seen celery mentioned, either good or bad as a gut load. Thoughts?

Now that I've joined the world of cham keepers, I look at my cooking scraps in a whole new light

Another, how about banana peels?

Apples I know are good. I haven't thrown out an apple core since I got my cham. I just toss it in the cricket tub.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

Banana peels are fine I know. Idk boot celery. Just be sure to remove the apple and peels and stuff the next day and not let it come in contact with the drygutload.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I've never seen celery mentioned, either good or bad as a gut load. Thoughts?

Now that I've joined the world of cham keepers, I look at my cooking scraps in a whole new light

Another, how about banana peels?

Apples I know are good. I haven't thrown out an apple core since I got my cham. I just toss it in the cricket tub.

Celery is good in terms of being a hydration source. Here is a link to my blog entry with nutritional info on celery: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/650-celery.html

I know some people give banana peels to their roaches. I do not - there can be a lot of pesticide sprayed on them.

Be aware that apple core - specifically the seeds - actually contain small amounts of cyanogenic acids. Not a good thing to eat / pass to the chameleon. Only a possible problem if the crickets (or whatever) actually chew the seeds in quantity.

 

[Drago]

Thank you for the info gang

I hadn't thought about pesticides on the banana peels, that makes sense.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

I never thought of that either since you don't really rinse bananas ha. And I wonder if that goes for all seeds? Could a cricket or Roach even consume a seed that big?

 

[sandrachameleon]

I never thought of that either since you don't really rinse bananas ha. And I wonder if that goes for all seeds?

Not all seeds, no. Some seeds are quite beneficial. Apple, cherry and avocado arent good, and I think bitter almonds arent either. If you have a particular seed in mind, I can look it up.