Mealworms VS superworms
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It's funny if not used too often.
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It's funny if not used too often.
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Oops, I'll call that a tiny phone keyboard typo. Time for a bigger phone I suppose.
But in all reality, determining which is better is more than knowing the base nutritional values. In most cases vets will suggest a protein intake around 20% if I recall correctly. I don't have my Merck veterinary manual with me so someone feel free to correct that for me.
A combination of mealworms or superworms and crickets or roaches can get you to this point with no real problem.
The main goal is not to find a single best feeder but rather find a meal plan that promotes good health at a particular life stage, high energy for growing young and recovering geckos is a good thing, here one can allow a bit more fat in the diet, once a gecko is finished its growing a more lean diet is called for, no need to pack on the weight you know, breeding females will need extra vitamins and minerals and a very good assortment of proteins to develop viable eggs.
Variety is much more than the spice of life, it is the stuff that fuels life to keep on living.
On top of all that, the insects diet can alter its true nutritional value. Well hydrated insects eat more, and when they are eating you have the chance to introduce nutrition above and beyond what is present in an otherwise dehydrated insect. Its all very complicated when you get down to the science of it, but boiled down it comes out like this; feed the insects well (like they are family pets everyone loves even if you don't ) and when you use them to feed your geckos life will be much better.
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But in all reality, determining which is better is more than knowing the base nutritional values. In most cases vets will suggest a protein intake around 20% if I recall correctly. I don't have my Merck veterinary manual with me so someone feel free to correct that for me.
A combination of mealworms or superworms and crickets or roaches can get you to this point with no real problem.
The main goal is not to find a single best feeder but rather find a meal plan that promotes good health at a particular life stage, high energy for growing young and recovering geckos is a good thing, here one can allow a bit more fat in the diet, once a gecko is finished its growing a more lean diet is called for, no need to pack on the weight you know, breeding females will need extra vitamins and minerals and a very good assortment of proteins to develop viable eggs.
Variety is much more than the spice of life, it is the stuff that fuels life to keep on living.
On top of all that, the insects diet can alter its true nutritional value. Well hydrated insects eat more, and when they are eating you have the chance to introduce nutrition above and beyond what is present in an otherwise dehydrated insect. Its all very complicated when you get down to the science of it, but boiled down it comes out like this; feed the insects well (like they are family pets everyone loves even if you don't ) and when you use them to feed your geckos life will be much better.
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Merck Veterinary Manual
This is the link to the section of the Merck veterinary manual you need to review.
Looks like I was fairly good with my recall, 18-20% protein is the number to shoot for.
Maurice Pudlo
This is the link to the section of the Merck veterinary manual you need to review.
Looks like I was fairly good with my recall, 18-20% protein is the number to shoot for.
Maurice Pudlo