i hate bugs... feeding question

[camaleonte82]

ok. so i absolutely HATE crickets and other bugs. i'm not scared or creeped by them. its just, they smell bad, they make such a mess, they escape. and so we have found out the best way to keep crickets in in five gallon buckets, they tend to stay alive longer and escape less like that. anyways. the real point of this post is this question. say i have three buckets of crickets. one has been eating all apples, oranges, and grapes, the other lettuce, basil, and other leaves, and the third bucket carrot, potato, and other veggies etc. well. so bc they all have been eating different things they will all taste diff to the cham. so say little Jewel gets four crickets today and the same amout the day after tomorrow. should i give her all four today from the same bucket and the next feeding from a different bucket or should i give her like one of each both times? (totally hypothetical by the way, our chams are getting bigger and so our schedules and feedings are changing and we are trying to get a chart made up asap) thanks

 

[reptilover]

Me personally I do similar. I have 3.containers..I feed two containers just water. While one gets a gutload mix before bed. In the morning the gutloaded get fed. Then water is added. That night i switch water from a different container with a different gutload and feed them.the following morning.

I find that if gutload is offered soon before there fed they eat it more vigorously because they haven't had it. And its fresh in there system when there fed.

So I guess to answer your question I would feed all out of one bucket per day.. JMO

Hope u understand wat I'm trying.to.say lol..

 

[camaleonte82]

Me personally I do similar. I have 3.containers..I feed two containers just water. While one gets a gutload mix before bed. In the morning the gutloaded get fed. Then water is added. That night i switch water from a different container with a different gutload and feed them.the following morning.

I find that if gutload is offered soon before there fed they eat it more vigorously because they haven't had it. And its fresh in there system when there fed.

So I guess to answer your question I would feed all out of one bucket per day.. JMO

Hope u understand wat I'm trying.to.say lol..

actually it makes perfect sense. what we are doing now works but its so disorganized and with the chams growing we need a more established schedule. actually this entire week is my week to clean and organize the house and while im at it i am making feeding/cleaning/handle charts for each and every one of our pets and decided it was time to get organized with those stupid crickets. now to find a way to shut them up at night

 

[camaleonte82]

and by the way. what do you use to gutload?

 

[reptilover]

and by the way. what do you use to gutload?

Oh shoot... A lot I go through Sandras blogs and pic things and its always changing.
Romaine, red peppers, yellow squash, butternut squash, strawberries, blue berries, carrot, apple, sweet potatoes, dandelion leafs. Various nuts and herbs. Lol lots more! Those are.just some of the more common easier to.get for me on a constant basis.