Gutloading

[MattandRicco]

My freshly purchased guloading ingredients

 

[kinyonga]

I'd go easy on the banana.

 

[MattandRicco]

I'd go easy on the banana.

Bananas are good feeder food?

 

[CasqueAbove]

Bananas are good feeder food?

They are high in potassium which binds the calcium. So we avoid it as to allow plenty of free calcium in our reptiles.

 

[MattandRicco]

They are high in potassium which binds the calcium. So we avoid it as to allow plenty of free calcium in our reptiles.

Thanks

 

[Kaizen]

I like your ingredients!

 

[MattandRicco]

I like your ingredients!

Thank you

 

[jamest0o0]

They are high in potassium which binds the calcium. So we avoid it as to allow plenty of free calcium in our reptiles.

Where did you see this? Not saying you're wrong JC. Usually it's calcium that blocks other minerals. Also, people recommend sweet potatoes and squash which have higher? Potassium. I believe many leafy greens too. Seems most vegetables/greens have something that interrupt the uptake of something else(oxalates, minerals, etc)

 

[jamest0o0]

Overall though, I'd agree on going light with the fruit

 

[CasqueAbove]

Where did you see this? Not saying you're wrong JC. Usually it's calcium that blocks other minerals. Also, people recommend sweet potatoes and squash which have higher? Potassium. I believe many leafy greens too. Seems most vegetables/greens have something that interrupt the uptake of something else(oxalates, minerals, etc)

So I have heard this for years, and from vets. BUT it was always in reference to actually feeding bananas to the animal it self.
Feeding to insects, I tend to agree, that it is completely different.

I tried to phrase it such as not a fact per say, but why keepers tend to avoid bananas.

 

[MattandRicco]

So I have heard this for years, and from vets. BUT it was always in reference to actually feeding bananas to the animal it self.
Feeding to insects, I tend to agree, that it is completely different.

I tried to phrase it such as not a fact per say, but why keepers tend to avoid bananas.

I feed it to my feeders

 

[MissSkittles]

I think I’ve only once fed my roaches banana once and they loved it as much as bug burger. They are high in sugar, which may be why we don’t use them much. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/monkeys-banned-eating-bananas-british-zoos-article-1.1580231

 

[CasqueAbove]

I feed it to my feeders

Yea it is something ingrained in me I am trying to get past. If nothing else why couldn't mu breeders eat bananas ?