Gutloading Grasshoppers

[snitz427]

I hydrate them on greens and gutload them on a guinea pig diet from my local feed store. Looking at the ingredients and nutrition, I think it's the same as this one: https://www.chewy.com/oxbow-essenti...wNur-6D-fP25OF4rp1_dS2R8pu-rK2ARoCuiAQAvD_BwE

Just make sure to add water to the pellets first to expand them. The grasshoppers can't eat them in compressed form. You can let it dry for storage. Good luck!

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Are those red legged grasshpppers? They look very different from mine

 

[SauceGandhi]

Are those red legged grasshpppers? They look very different from mine

These are Green Bird Grasshoppers - Shictocerca shoshone

 

[snitz427]

Whew! Thought I misidentified mine... which are like 1/6th of the size of those Those are some monsters!

 

[Rst_Cham]

I hydrate them on greens and gutload them on a guinea pig diet from my local feed store. Looking at the ingredients and nutrition, I think it's the same as this one: https://www.chewy.com/oxbow-essenti...wNur-6D-fP25OF4rp1_dS2R8pu-rK2ARoCuiAQAvD_BwE

Just make sure to add water to the pellets first to expand them. The grasshoppers can't eat them in compressed form. You can let it dry for storage. Good luck!

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Perfect, thank you so much!