I have had a bit of email contact with Ed Kammer's daughter (I dont remember
her name) since I bought Squee from them and asked questions about suppliments and gut loading.
That is when I was told to use Repashey calcium plus 'exclusively' to dust, but she did not say how often, I have to assume she meant 'follow the instuctions on the package'!
I also told her how I make a 'cricket salad' blend with fresh fruits and veggies, and she told me just use Repashy Bug Burger, again, 'exclusivly' as an 'all in one gut load'.
I do use it, but I also throw in veggies and fruit as available, I dont make the blend anymore.
I started using the calcium + dusting every time I feed cricks or roaches, but I also feed undusted stuff like silks, horns, flies, butters, etc. so they really only get a few 'dusted' items per week.
I have also started mixing calcium plus with plain calcium in the hopes of diluting the high levels in vitamine in the Repashy product.
Zen, you raise some interesting points I hadnt thought of, but you are interpating the Kammer's indorsment wording different then the way I understand it.
There are some gaps and questions in meaning and interpatations in anything if you look hard enough for them. That's what 'conspiricy theorists' do for a living
The way I read it; they 'raised' the babies, to me, that indeed means starting the dusting as babies, and following through as adults. But again, we can play the semantics game and say; 'well, they
didnt say they bred them and monitored their offspring, or how long they even kept them on the dusting program.
Why dont you give Ed Kammer and Allen Repashy an opertunity to answer your questions and doubts on a public forum (this one would do nicely)
Lets email them and invite them to join in.
