Pumpkin for gut load?

[jdanielson69]

Well with Halloween past us and all these carved out pumpkins making their way into the trash or compost pile, I am using some for my cricket gut load. Do any of you using pumpkin? I mixed it with apples, oranges, spinach, kale, carrots, potatoes, romaine and banana peel. I know squash can be used. How about pumpkin? The crickets seems to love it as they are constantly munching on it.

 

[SaintJimmy]

I would switch out banana peel with pumpkin. Pumpkin seeds, flesh, etc are good for gut load.

 

[laurie]

As long as you are not using the very outside shell I think it is fine. I do soften up hard veggies in the microwave before I feed them to my bugs.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Well with Halloween past us and all these carved out pumpkins making their way into the trash or compost pile, I am using some for my cricket gut load. Do any of you using pumpkin? I mixed it with apples, oranges, spinach, kale, carrots, potatoes, romaine and banana peel. I know squash can be used. How about pumpkin? The crickets seems to love it as they are constantly munching on it.

Yes, squash flesh (including pumpkin) can be used as part of your gutload.
This blog entry provides nutritional details:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...in-flowers-leaves-flesh-seeds-nutritious.html

I would remove the banana peel and spinnach.

 

[jdanielson69]

Great! Thanks for the feedback!