Omega 3s?

[jamest0o0]

Thought crossed my mind, could these be important for chams? I believe grasshoppers are higher in omega 3s, I think from eating grasses. I wouldn't be surprised if most insects have them to some degree though. I've read that the sources from fish/krill/algae? are more useable than those from seeds and other vegan sources. I didn't dig deep into it, so feel free to correct me if I'm off on anything. anyway, our captive insects may have lowers levels than those in wild insects, kind of like chicken eggs and milk have less than free range/grass fed. Although, our bugs eat pretty good and the lower levels in many farm raised products is because they *don't* get to eat insects(vegetarian fed eggs are a BS marketing ploy lol, it's not a good thing) or fresh grass.

Thoughts on this?

 

[Kaizen]

Interesting...I don’t know, but it seems like a worthwhile research project.

 

[jamest0o0]

No one has any thoughts about this

 

[Kaizen]

No one has any thoughts about this

Shall we write a blog together Mr. Bond?

 

[kinyonga]

"Crickets, as an example, have a perfect Omega 3:6 balance."...
https://www.edibleinsects.com/insect-nutrition-information/

 

[nightanole]

Do chameleons even have the same omegas or essential amino acids as humans? They maybe perfectly capable of manufacturing the ones we can not.

 

[kinyonga]

Crickets have 3 omega 3 fatty acids...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/zoo.21246
Searching now to see if I can find anything on chameleons needing them.

 

[jamest0o0]

Thanks for posting all! I remember reading somewhere that some insects have omegas, but I wasn't sure if it would be affected by being captive bred vs wild