Gutload oranges??

[mczoo]

After reading brads blog i decided to set up a "last meal" gutload cage for my crickets to be used the night before feeding and after loading in the vegies i was trying to decide on a water source and the oranges i bought yesterday came to mind....Are they ok or is potato/comercial gels better

thanks

Sean

 

[VerteX]

Oranges are one of the best hydration methods for crix. Don't remove it from peel. Cut up and serve. Potato is considered as a maintenance diet generally. Their last meal (or all meals) should consist of mustard greens, kale, dandelion, collard greens etc...

Kinyonga has a great cricket food sentence, which is a list of most complete cricket food.

Apart from that, never feed tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, avocado to any crix or veiled chameleons. These are high in oxalates and diminish calcium absorption.

 

[mczoo]

thanks, i actually cut the orange in half then threw it away out of uncertainty. I guess i cut another

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

I dunno about crickets, but I use mainly oranges to hydrate my large colony of Blaptica Dubia(2000+).
Every other day, I replace the old eaten ones with new ones(mold is bad). I cut 2 oranges in halves and place a half in each corner of my tub. I also keep dry food in at all times.

 

[fear742]

this is just me but i bought gutload for crickets at cricketfood.com which has everything in it that needs to be gutloaded but without me doing all the work. and i use oranges and replace them every other day to keep the little guys hydrated before they are devoured. seems to work well for me