same gut load for all ?

[little leaf]

today I have to make up more gut load for the roaches,crix ect..- my ? is... the wet is made up of many things, but when I blend it I make each blender a little different - like I will use squash, peppers, dandelion leaves in one blend, then pumpkin, berries,oranges in the next batch, I freeze this in " layers" in 1 gal zip lock bags, so they nerve really get the same thing twice, I feed one layer, then the next, and so forth - ( know what I mean ) and the dry is all the same, but my ? is.......... if I feed this to ALL my gut loaders, is this giving my chams enough verity - even tho they are eating dif/ feeders, the feeders are all eating the same thing at the same time ~ I give the wet to the snails, roaches, crix, supers, even the horn worms will eat this - but I spend more time feeding the feeders than the chams right now, I feed each batch of feeders different foods - but this is taking FOREVER - so is it ok to feed the same gut load to all ?
sorry is this is confusing ( I'm confused too ) thanks

 

[pigglett79]

I feed the same dry and wet gutload to all bugs, but I vary the ingredients weekly or bi weekly. The bugs will digest the foods differently and so long as you vary it you should be fine.

 

[jannb]

Hi Cheryl, Teddy said hello too.

I use the same fresh veggies but Steve makes three different kinds of Cricket Crack.....one for crickets, one for super worms and a montane crack.

 

[little leaf]

Hi Cheryl, Teddy said hello too.

I use the same fresh veggies but Steve makes three different kinds of Cricket Crack.....one for crickets, one for super worms and a montane crack.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HI TEDDY , and you too Jann

as almost embarrassed as I am to say this- I can not afford to buy ( my $ is all in vet funds, that I refuse to touch ) , so I have to make but I use all good stuff , and try to use nothing over a 12% protein in my dry mix - I have a friend who also makes roach food, and sells it, and has it tested - so I am going to see if she will test a batch of mine to see just what I have total when its done -

I feed the same dry and wet gutload to all bugs, but I vary the ingredients weekly or bi weekly. The bugs will digest the foods differently and so long as you vary it you should be fine.

ok, yes, they get dif/ things at each feeding, the way I break off the frozen food , it puts a bit of everything, but not the same amount each time- after what has happened in the last few weeks, even things I felt comfortable with before, I am now nervous of - I still feel such guilt , even tho I was not here- that has destroyed any and all confidence I have I just can not seem to get over losing Olive, and all the rest - I still cry almost everyday, Dave tells me ( as kind as he can ) " you are going to have to get over this, she is gone, and its nothing you did " - but that does not make me feel any better
I feel like I dont even know how to feed my feeders anymore

 

[sandrachameleon]

I don't think its a problem that all the prey are getting the same thing - your layers mean you are changing it up. I think most of us do similar.

my base dry gutload for crickets and the different roaches is the same.
I have a different base dry gutload for the superworms and mealworms, but its got some of the same ingredients.

Even the fresh stuff tends to be the same - all the roaches, the snails, the terrestrial isopods as well as the mealworms and supers (and if I had any the crickets would also) get carrots and blueberries today, yesterday it was apple and dandelion, day before that was sprouted mung beans and red romaine.

I understand about questioning everything because of Olive. Very sorry - I know how it feels to loose them and to wonder if it was something you did or didn't do / blame oneself, even if its really not your fault. hang in there; try to be gentle with yourself. all you can do is move forward and keep doing the best you can.