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11-18-11, 05:38 PM
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Cat food for dubia
Someone mentioned recently about feeding dubia with high protein kitten food to "gut load" them before feeding ti lizards.
Just wondering if this is wet tinned food or dry crunchy food? Also if it is dry food do you crush it or justfeed it as is?
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11-18-11, 05:53 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
read the labels, their is wet cat food that is terrible just like the dry. and whole will work, in a jam i have given mine dog food for a night or whatnot till i can grab something from a store. and thanks Rob, i never thought of high protien catfood tho, but now that you mention it, i will have to grab some. i know dog food is pretty bad food, but its good enouph for a dog. Isnt their somthing put in cat food to help cats eyes? a vitamin/mineral/some additive i dont know. but cats cant go with out it or they will go blind is all i know, err well led to believe lol i wonder if this would effect the sav? i will have to do some reading.
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11-18-11, 06:32 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
My only Guess would be to make sure it has no red dye in it. The red dye in most pet foods is HORRIBLE!
Other wise I don't see why it would be an issue
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11-18-11, 06:36 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
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Originally Posted by Lankyrob
Someone mentioned recently about feeding dubia with high protein kitten food to "gut load" them before feeding ti lizards.
Just wondering if this is wet tinned food or dry crunchy food? Also if it is dry food do you crush it or justfeed it as is?
Cheers
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If you use DRY food, make sure to include water crystals.
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11-18-11, 07:01 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Will the roaches demolsh dry food or should i crush it to a powder? And yeah they have water crystals in there constantly.
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11-18-11, 08:18 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
I put together some powdered dry milk, instant mash potato powder, crushed dry cat/dog food & just a tad of pure cane sugar and mixed it all up.
It seems to disappear when I put some in the roach tote.
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11-18-11, 08:20 PM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Roaches will demolish it, no need to powder.
If you feed wet food (I feed my roaches fruit) you don't need to give them water.
Pics of my setup (they are in a bin, in the snake rack) Each bin like this is half the size of a 2221 bin, and holds about 1000 roaches. (2 layers thick egg carton sheets)
To avoid mold I took a small plastic container for sandwiches and cut it so the top edge is about half an inch high, I sanded it with rough sand paper so they can climb the walls (babies too) and I put their food in there. Every other day I change the food out to avoid mold, since I feed them a fresh fruit diet I never need to give them water.
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11-19-11, 03:49 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Thanks for all the replies guys.
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11-19-11, 08:36 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Anytime buddy If you guys hear of a good place to get water crystals (dry) give me a shout... the home and garden I used to get it at used to sell 1lb of powder for 8$, now you get a few grams for 15$
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11-19-11, 08:41 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Question.. couldn't you use damp paper towel instead of water crystals? As long as you changed them out every other day or so...
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11-19-11, 08:48 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Technically you can, but if it molds even a little it could ravage your colony. Roaches are incredibly hardy animals but mold is their Achilles heel... Well... Mold, lizards, scorpions, fish, tarantulas and birds :P
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11-19-11, 09:56 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
Well i bought the highest protein cat kibble that i could, dropped a handful in when i got home and the went CRAAAAAAAAZZZZZZYYYYYYYYY!!! It was like a shark feeding frenzy, the were running around and getting into the food so much that i could hear them from the next room!!
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11-19-11, 10:36 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
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Anytime buddy If you guys hear of a good place to get water crystals (dry) give me a shout... the home and garden I used to get it at used to sell 1lb of powder for 8$, now you get a few grams for 15$ |
Mr.Herp sells a 1 pound bag of crystals for 12 dollars if that helps :S
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11-19-11, 10:40 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
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Originally Posted by stephanbakir
Technically you can, but if it molds even a little it could ravage your colony. Roaches are incredibly hardy animals but mold is their Achilles heel... Well... Mold, lizards, scorpions, fish, tarantulas and birds :P
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I can attest to that, one piece of moldy fruit wiped out 90% of my colony overnight.
I had to buy several hundred assorted nymphs & another dozen males to get back on track.
Oddly, the big shiny breeder mommas were the ones that survived the mold spores.
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11-19-11, 11:04 AM
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Re: Cat food for dubia
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Mr.Herp sells a 1 pound bag of crystals for 12 dollars if that helps :S
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