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Kazerella
Posted - 09/07/2009 : 09:10:19 I was thinking last night about gut-loading so wondered what everyone else thought-
The general idea for amphibians is to give them a wide variety of prey items in their diet - which I'm doing as at the moment we are feeding our 'phibs a range of: dubia roaches, lobster roaches, woodlice, earthworms, black crickets, brown crickets, locusts, mealworms and waxworm moths. From all of those only the woodlice are not being gut-loaded by me.
So the question is: since I'm gut-loading all these things with the same foods- same oat/vitamin mix and the same vegs/greens (whatever scraps from the kitchen get shared) is this really giving the amphibians a variety? Would gut-loading some items one thing and others another give more variety in the 'phibs diet?
Let me know if I'm putting too much thought into it
Plus the meatiness of the creature must make a difference. They will have natural nutrients anyway, especially things like worms that are really good for 'phibs. Think it's thinks like mealies and crickets that aren't that good without soom gut-loading.
Kehhlyr
Posted - 09/07/2009 : 14:31:48 The diet itself is varied with the different food, but the nutrition is staying about the same.
Kind of like having cheese on toast or cheese sandwich.
Same nutrition value (ish) but tastes completely different.
