STOP! DO NOT FEED YOUR REPTILES BEFORE WATCHING THIS VIDEO! HOW TO GUT LOAD FEEDER INSECTS
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- In today's video, I will teach you the basics of gut loading your feeder insects so you can increase the quality of nutrition offered to your pet reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates!
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I am very blessed that one of the big feeder producers is only 15 min from the house, so I can go pick up the small amount of fresh feeders directly as needed.
Same 5 minutes 😂
Very lucky!
I do two things when it comes to my reptiles
1: My rescue reptiles get special gut loaded insects. For example, a rescued leopard gecko that we got in has very bad eyes. And the cause of this is usually a vitamin A deficiency. So we feed specifically vegetables with high levels of vitamin A so that the animal is getting that vitamin exclusively for the first week or two.
2: Not all the insects in a big bin are going to eat as much as the other bugs that dive right in. So I pick what feeder bugs I’m going to feed off. One day it may be a few mealworms being fed to a leopard gecko. I place those selected bug into a small deli cup and place the food in the deli cup so that those specific bugs get all the nutrients they need before being fed off.
Thought I would throw these methods I use out there to anyone who it interesting :)
Great suggestions! Thank you for sharing!
Entertaining and insightful video… as per usual…But I really came here to say that watching Basil eat anything really makes my day. Her chaotic energy and derpy voraciousness are adorable ❤❤
Fantastic video my man! I would say that the feeders should be given some form of water, we found a little automatic bird feeder stuffed with cotton works really well and only needs to be filled once a week or so.
Thanks brother! Great suggestion!
Excellent Training Video!!! No wonder you considered being a school teacher, you're a natural educator. Thanks.
Wow, thank you! That’s so flattering! 🙏🏼
I'm a newbie mealworm vendor and I've been giving a lot of this stuff to my mealworms already, but I hadn't considered squash, bee pollen and dandelions. One thing I have done that I didn't see you mention is that I like to save eggshells from cooking, grind them up into fine pieces, and add them to my mealworms' meal. I like to think it probably ups their calcium content.
This video is incredibly valuable! Gut loading is something I’ve been lacking on and know that I need to do more often but kind of didn’t have the best strategy or technique. I also didn’t know about the flukers dry grain at all… because of you uploading this I have a much better plan of attack and my animals will be much better off. Thank you
When I'm short of proper gut loading, I've used Crested Gecko diet. But I honestly just feed fresh vegetables that I have for my turtle most of the time. Full Dandelion plants(I grow it indoors in the winter) and Arugula are my staples.
10/10 content, editing and production.
Much appreciated!
So basically you're making a salad that would be wonderful to feed a bearded dragon or omnivore, it makes perfect sense. Great video 😊
This was a very informative and important video. Thank you Dayyan.
I researched my head off learning about bearded dragon care. There's so much to learn and know to provide the best care for your animals.
Have a fantastic day/night Dayyan 😊✌🏼
I’m so glad you liked the video! Thank you for watching, supporting, and commenting 🙏🏼. Thanks! You too!
I'd love and super appreciate a new video on isopods! A feeding video like this would be super helpful to me right now too. Lol
I never did the bee pollen part, but I do use some generic fluker's turtle diet to sprinkle into gutloads. It's basically kibble that you moisten without all the extra salt and less crude protein and you only need a couple of bits per gutload. I just read the ingredients lists of other things like fish food and figure out whether feeders would eat it, that way the feeders are eating a balance. Trial and error. Crickets are pickier than dubia roaches, and noisier. If you can get the roaches, do that. Crickets are just annoying. Every time I get a batch of crickets, I sacrifice as many adult males as I can see so that the storage room doesn't become a screaming-chirp-stridulating den.
Do you know of a way to drop feed dubias? Since my dubias burrow/hide I've been feeding crickets to my animals that I know won't tong feed or won't eat immediately. That way I know the feeder will stay out in the open more or less
@@tagmopruannsilver8267
Good question. For reference, I mostly am feeding toads and geckos, but the bearded dragons probably have the most need for help, since they don't like the tongs and tong feeding is my personal preference. Dubias even don't squish that badly in tongs, like crickets do. They have a shell that's easy to hold on to.
Answer: Instead of dropping them in as is, use a slick-sided feeding dish with steep sides and set them in that. Dubias can't climb well. I use a 1/3 cup dry measuring cup and they just sort of scoot around trying to get out. The sound actually excites the beardies. Drago and Urki are their names, btw.
I had no idea that ANY roaches were legal in Canada so this was amazing! I miss keeping bugs for my late elderly leopard gecko but I might start raising mice when I get my rosy boa!❤
I think this would also be good practice with tarantula feeder's. I'm gonna do this for my tarantulas that's for sure I want happy T's lol. Love your videos keep up the hard work.
Do you know what nutrients are important for inverts? I know calcium is less important, but I don't know what nutrients are important
I always learn so much from your videos.
I'm so glad to hear that! I do. my best!
You should spray mist the veggies, or add water crystals for hydration, and will make the feeders live longer
Thanks for this fantastic video, Dayyan. I didn’t know avocado was toxic to reptiles!
My pleasure! Always good to look into these things yourself as suggested! There are likely plenty of other fruits, veggies that aren’t safe!
Time to buy cricket food! I used carrots mainly but they don't seem to enjoy that too much, now I know how to make them feel better
Very well done! I really enjoyed this video. Showed many different aspects of something definitely not talked about enough. Thanks for showing which bee pollen too! I’ve struggled trying to decide which one to use and a lot sell as granular form instead of powder. So thank you again ❤
This is a great video. Thank you for all the information. People like to make informational videos but do not show you exactly what you need to do. 😊😊
I’m so glad it helped!
Excellent. I need to do more for my leopard geckos. I feed them roach chow and raw carrots mainly but will try more variety of raw veggies and add calcium and spirulina and bee pollen for bugs to eat
I learned so much thank you!
This video has help me a lot! Thanks!👍🙃
great video ,so many people dont have knowledge on this sort of thing 🦗🦗
Thank you so much! I do my best to share!
@@Reptiliatus you're more than welcome ,i have learnt alot from your videos as im sure others have ,hope your day goes well all the best from the uk 🙂
Love this video. Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
Great information.
Thanks!
I keep Dubia roaches. I give mine fresh vegetables that have been marked down due to expiration date. I usually do greens. I give them fish food which they love.
Great video!!
Thank you very much! 🙏🏼
You are fantastic, my friend...so very natural!! Thanks for all you are teaching me. 😊
Ayeeee thanks for the support, friend!
Quick question for my dart frogs. Is there a way to "gut load" fruit flies besides the mix that I make to breed them?
Flies are a lot more tricky. That’s why it’s so important to dust them properly. I would say you could potentially dust them with powdered bee pollen but I’m not sure how easy it would be to actually gut load them.
Very interesting video! Like you said... you are what you eat! ❤
Haha, yes! Thank you 😋!
Oxalates break down in water, so if you cook the greens in water (i.e. boil, blanch, steam) it removes them and makes it healthier for your pets. (I keep aquatic snails. 😊)
Very great tip! Love this! Thanks for sharing!
I thought that could also remove other nutrients as well. Do you know which of those cooking methods removes the least nutrients?
@tagmopruannsilver8267 I'm not aware of it removing enough nutrients to make a substantial difference, but I'm definitely not a nutritional expert. 😊 In terms of oxalates, I know that steaming removes the least and blanching for a few minutes in boiling water and then immediately submerging in an ice bath is the most effective.
Fab video so many people don’t know how to correctly gut load!
I hope this helps! Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Mealworms are a staple I keep in my refrigerator, I've never thought about gutloading them. I'm going to start putting greens and other food in the food dish that I use to feed my knob tail gecko. Often times I'll see one or two mealworms still in there the day after. And after the second day they're gone.
Thanks for the info
Np! Thank you for watching!
Hello great video information and updates Dayyan
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
I would love to know more about how to care for/reproduce a darkling beetle
This video is awesome! Helps a lot. I gutload my Dubia Roaches and mealworms before feeding and dust them with Arcadia supplements and Vitamins
This is super super helpful! Does Canada have BSFL? What of them as feeders? Also size ratios for feeders to pets? I learned so much
I have a dubia roach colony that is going strong. I actually dump my kitchen scraps from cooking in there. (avoiding anything my reptiles should not eat) I did however do one thing out of curiosity... I gave them a big chunk of leftover cooked chicken and O M G the bin SHOOK and jumped around like I had let loose a rat in there!! They devoured it like horror movie piranhas.
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❤ I've never thought of this but I do feed wherever I buy for my reptile fruit and vegetables so I'll get some other stuff for them also
Wonderful!
someone need's to gut load me , great vid !
Lol
Thanks for covering this i feel this part of my care is lacking.
Happy to help! We’re all striving to improve our care! It’s all good! 😊🙏🏼
Another great informational video! I've used carrots in addition to dry diets and now im going to try squash like you do. Thanks! I'd consider trying dark leafy greens but how do you keep yours from wilting so fast?
Thank you! You are so welcome! Good stuff!
That prasinus is lightning fast. My storri seem chill in comparison.
Always! ⚡️🦎
This video helps so much! Happily my dad is working in a animal company and he is every day in several pet shops and he often gets crickets and so on for free!☺but i dont know wehre i can get maggots from because i really want to feet maggots to some of my animals and i dont want to let them deliver and my dad can`t find ones
Huh. Havnt tried Bee Pollen. Imma try it.
Great Video and it teached me a lot. I still have a question tho: As I don't eat very much squash it would be quiet the expense to purchase a whole one to feed only a part of to my insects? Would cucumber be a good alternative as it holds water very well as the squash does or should I invest into something else?
Hi I have just watched this video fab as always I was just wondering what the green veggies you gave the insects and if I can not get dandelions from the garden what other vegetables other than squash would benefit my reptiles as I have tree frogs crested geckos a gargoyle gecko and my yellow headed gecko and leopard geckos would they all benefit from same gut loaded insects my baby tree frogs I have only been told to give them the fruit flies but how would I gut load them or is the culture enough for them I just want to give my reptiles and frogs the best your fab as always x
Hit up your local fruit and veg shop. They always have tonnes of leftovers they'll be happy for you to take. I do it for my chickens.
Great suggestion!
wow a beg of crickets
Okayyyyy chef dayyan🤌🏽🧑🍳😂
Hahaha thank you! 🙏🏼👨🏻🍳
Yayyyy!
Hey thank you for this ! I am trying to get a proper cricket colony going in my ten gallon from when my gecko was a baby. Is Swiss Chard a good thing to use to gut load them? I have so much of it in my yard that I can keep giving it to them fresh daily for 8+ months a year.
It can be in limited quantities! It also contains higher levels of oxalates if I am not mistaken.
qotd, i give our feeder insects trimmings from the food for the humans or the pets that also eat vegetables.
I just want to know how do you get Morio worms to eat anything else than carrots? Because they wont touch anything else that I try to give them. I have also found that sometimes crickets too will stop eating no matter what I offer them. I have only one Leopard Gecko, and she eats once a week, so there's always so much wasted, because the crickets die so easily (especially if they do not eat). The Dubia roaches are the only ones that thrive, and multiply (and they eat everything). Otherwise I feed the feeder insects Arcadia Insect Fuel, another brand of similar stuff, vegetables and some fruit, and during summer I give them dandelions (leaves, flowers) and other wild veggies from our yard, and since I grow food for us humans also, I give home grown veggies to the insects as well (all organic, no pesticides used).
Hello Reptiliatus what I have noticed is that my crickets die really fsst from things like carrots and lettuce so now I give them the cricket fruit jellys with some bran. Any siggestions for the food ( I use this good to raise them not only gutload them)
I have a pet jumping spider (panther) do i need to gut load? And a crayfish that loves mealworms do those need gut loaded?
Hey buddy ,I breed my own rats, so for another thing I use to gut load is the powder left from the bags of rat food. Question about discoid roaches, Can the be mixed in with Dubias ? have a great day man!
i dont suppose u have a link for the critter keeper u use? i cant seem to find a decent size one
Here's some tips.
- Don't feed crickets calcium. It blocks their insides and will kill them within 72 hours.
- Low protein food for roaches. They store protein as uric acid which causes gout and other issues in reptiles.
- Chick crumb (non medicated) and bran for mealworms and morio/superworms. Raises their protein levels. Then just provide carrot or potato for moisture.
- Red and yellow bell peppers are high in carotenoids and lutein which, amongst other things helps bring out the colour of orange, red and yellow animals. Feeding beetroot powder (moistened with water) to crickets makes them turn red and also increases colour of reptiles :D
- To save yourself a fortune on reptile specific gut loading products, separate 'death row' insects 24/48 hours before feeding and only offer it to those instead of the whole colony.
What do you think of Flukers Orange Cube Complete foods? Are the good for gut loading
Personally I don’t feel it’s a good product. If you read the label, the only nutritional ingredient in it is the spirulina. You could easily buy a bag and sprinkle some on greens and it would be a million times healthier. They aren’t orange because they contain oranges so think about that too.
@@Reptiliatusthanks!
Do you recommend adding bee pollen directly in your geckos powdered diet?
I do this too, yes! Works great
Can locusts be gut loaded the same as crickets? My bearded dragon is more interested in locusts then crickets
If you lookup greens that can be fed to them I’m sure you’ll find plenty of great options. Locusts can be offered bee pollen though!
i give my buffalo worms chicken, fruit and veggies, they go mad for meat/chicken etc
I feed my crickets watermelon pangea gecko food.. is that ok ?
Personally I wouldn’t see that as gut load. It works I guess because you’d be feeding that to your gecko anyways but I’d suggest doing veggies and grains over pangea. Perhaps using it here and there is all good
where do you get ur discoids?
I got them ages ago. You can get them from Canadian ant colony.
hey man
Hi!
Honestly I never see the places I buy food from have healthy-looking food. The majority of the time the insects are all dead and yet they're still keeping them on sale.
That’s not good! ☹️
We call the stuff here Gutload. I fed my insect before I fed them to my geckos
Yes, exactly :)
I'm defenetly bad as feeding the feeder of my jumping Spider 😅
Is this recipe is good for jumping Spider too?😊
It’s great for that too!
@@Reptiliatus thank you so much!