Strawberries in gut load?

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ryanm

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My wife eats a lot of strawberries (she's a vegetarian, so we have a lot of fruit in the house), which translates to a lot of strawberry tops in the trash. Is there any reason I shouldn't be throwing some of these in for the crickets to eat? I'm only feeding leaf-tails (satanics and cork barks). Are they too acidic, or is there something that would make them inappropriate for leaf-tail gut load?

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kenya_1977

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It would be a great vitamin C source, and water source, shouldn't be a problem.. just pull them out before they start getting icky if there aren't enough crickets to devour them.
 
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oooh. careful with the vit C thing. You're not likely to run into trouble gut loading crickets with high vit C fruits, but nectar eating geckos (cresteds, etc) can suffer from excessive vit C in their mashed fruit feeds, especially dangerous if they're dehdrated.
 
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jabberwock486

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i wasn't aware that strawberries where acidic.? my roaches get a bite of everything. carrots, celery, apples, squash, and their normal feed that if a mix of of chick mash and dog food. crickets get the same when i get them, every other week.

when i have strawberries they are fed to the roaches. this makes up are very small part of their diet and once a year.
 
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leopardbreeder is correct, acidic foods should be avoided as a primary or sole source for feeder insects, but a little strawberry for the roaches as part of a widely varied gutload regimen is acceptable. jabberwock486 has a good mix for the roaches, but should be more attentive to calcium in the insects' food. Try adding kale, turnip greens, parsley greens, mustard greens, dandelion greens, and have these make up the majority of the roaches diet. But a little of everything is great.
 
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