Injecting feeders with water

[kelso]

What types of feeders can be injected with water? What are the best feeders for this? I would like some info in regards to this.. (how much water? what size syringe/needle should i use? I have access to many different sizes of syringes and needles... any info anyone can share would be great =]
Seen a thread the other day but i haven't had any luck searching for it...
(i would rather not inject crickets... I'm only feeding two week crickets at this time (not very big at all) and i would like to have as little contact with them as possible. haha *shudder* i hate crickets. haha)

Thanks again everyone =]
Kelsie

 

[Sang]

id just suggest using feeders that are already very juicy I.E silk worms and or horn worms. Roaches *specific species* would also be good.

as soon as you inject a certain amount of fluid into a feeder, id imagine it wouldn't survive long.

 

[Nicodemayo]

Why would you need to do this? Just gutload and hydrate the crickets more. Orange slices work great.

 

[kelso]

I just read in a previous post that someone did this to chams that they thought might need the extra hydration... and i have yet to find somewhere that will ship silk or horn worms and the only pet store where i live carries neither... only crickets, supers (which are too large for my 4 month old panther) and mealworms (which i don't use)
I found some pheonix worms on bugorder.com and just placed an order 100 as well as 250 crickets.. but my resources are limited.
On that note anyone know what i can use to house the pheonix worms ? and that many crickets.... my kricket keeper is only good for something like 100 crickets or something like that .....

Again everyone's expertise is greatly appreciated =]
Kelsie

 

[GooglezNvincent]

I have actually drowned some gut loaded crickets(on accident), and then fed to my chameleons. There was alot of water.

 

[kelso]

i do see my cham drink off of leaves occasionally but there is a small yellow tinge at the end of his urate and i would like to take care of that.... unless a small part at the end is normal?
I was just under the impression it should be completely white, and i want my chamman to be in tip shop shape !! = ]

 

[kelso]

i do gutload- but i also have questions about this... they say you should gutload your crickets approx. 12 hours before feeding... What if the ones that ate aren't the ones that you feed off..?
And i just keep two dishes in my Kricket Keeper, one dish with dry gutload and one with wet at all times and feed off the crickets that are in the feeding tubes, so how can i be sure the ones i am feeding are even eating my gutloads before i feed?
I am such a worrier.... haha
I would love to completely get rid of the crickets and start using roaches as a staple, however my boyfriend is sooo not ok with me bringing roaches into the house... even though i explained that they don't stink, or escape EVERYWHERE like crickets seem to do... ( i had a few two week crickets escape without being caught.. only to find them much later... full grown!!! ewwwww!!! ) They escape everywhere... always. I hate it.... and when my cham is full grown and he needs to be fed full grown crickets... i don't know what i will do!! haha the big ones really gross me out.. and the chirping.. ugh!
Sorry for my cricket rant... i just hate them so much. hahaha
Maybe before mr. chamman needs full grown crickets i can talk my man into letting me switch to roaches

 

[jojackson]

do gutload- but i also have questions about this... they say you should gutload your crickets approx. 12 hours before feeding... What if the ones that ate aren't the ones that you feed off..?

This is why I gutload ALL my insects constantly 24/7 but you can remove as many as you intend to feed the next day to another tub and add gutload, but keep them warm,
warmth=activity/feeding!

 

[kelso]

Yeah later in that post i explained that i do have gutloads available to my feeders at all times... i just worry that the ones i feed off in the mornings aren't the ones that have recently been eating...
So i will have to try your advice jojackson and have a seperate container full of gutload for the ones i intend to feed off the next day- but whats the best way to keep that container warm?

 

[Fidget321]

i do gutload- but i also have questions about this... they say you should gutload your crickets approx. 12 hours before feeding... What if the ones that ate aren't the ones that you feed off..?

When I buy my crickets, I usually starve them for 24 hours, and then I place carrots (or whichever gut load) in their tub. I then leave them overnight to feed off this. Then I would replace the food everyday until all crickets are out. This would ensure they all have eaten.

They escape everywhere... always. I hate it.... and when my cham is full grown and he needs to be fed full grown crickets... i don't know what i will do!! haha the big ones really gross me out.. and the chirping.. ugh!
Sorry for my cricket rant... i just hate them so much. hahaha

I don't even hear the chirping anymore



The other thread you are referring to (I also can't seem to find it) where injecting feeders was discussed, this is used as an extra method to get your cham some hydration I agree. But if your cham drinks water and you gutload your staple feeders properly, this shouldn't be necessary.

This method was discussed because although all the above was done, the cham still had orange urates (meaning dehydration)
I injected a few of my feeders, and when my cham urated again, it wasn't orange. so i stopped. It hasn't been necessary since

Hope this helps

 

[kelso]

Haha I will always hear the chirping Fidget.
Ok I will start starving the little suckers when i first buy them and then just keep food in there all the time and hope the lucky ones that my chamman gets in the morning are all gutloaded up!!!
I do see him drinking but ever since I got him the tip of his urate is orange... I would just like to see pure white urates all the time... sometimes its all white but most of the time there is a small orange tip to it. So thats why I was interested in how to inject feeders with water so that i could rid my cham of the small case of dehydration he has, I will continue to provide him with lots of water and properly gutloaded insects (which I do!!!)
Once again,
Thanks again for the tips and advice =]
Kelsie