question on gut loading?

[camimom]

I don't know, personally I don't like them. Almost the first ingredients in each is sugar, then the rest is processed junk and GMOs. Here are the ingredients in special k: North American Market except Canada

Rice, wheat gluten, sugar, defatted wheat germ, salt, high fructose corn syrup, dried whey, malt flavoring, calcium caseinate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), reduced iron, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin B1), vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, and vitamin B12.

Here is cornflakes:

MILLED CORN, SUGAR, MALT FLAVORING, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, IRON, NIACINAMIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12 AND VITAMIN D. TO MAINTAIN QUALITY, BHT IS ADDED TO PACKAGING.

If you want a cereal, go wish a Kashi brand or Ezekiel. They are at least a little better. Just my opinion.

Just curious.
i dont eat those cereals anyway , so i dont know whats in them.
and i am not spending (more) big bucks on kashi cereal for stupid bugs.
they can just keep eating the fruits and veggies i give them.

 

[tkilgour]

Just curious.
i am not spending (more) big bucks on kashi cereal for stupid bugs.
they can just keep eating the fruits and veggies i give them.

LoL, I hear you! It can add up fast.

 

[camimom]

LoL, I hear you! It can add up fast.

I spend more on the bugs than i did on both my chameleons, and their cages, plants, etc. and one cham alone was 220 bucks.

 

[Chadbot]

A lot of breakfast cereals are filled with extra vitamins like niacin, riboflavin etc. Probably not too bad for a cham to get secondhand, but I'd be wary of all the sugar and processed grains.

I try to use fresher fruits/veg from the markdown rack at the grocery store and/or the farmers market rejects (which are fine for bugs but people don't like to buy 'ugly' fruits and veggies) on a per-week basis. Costs me about 2 dollars per week.

I'm using 100% bran, millet, barley and such from bulk food stores for dry-load (+ a bunch of other dried greens and whatnot). If you buy enough to make about 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of decent dry load it's about the same as a big box of cereal and will go a lot further. Plus you know exactly what's going in it.