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can you feed hissers granulated cricket food?
hisser food
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I've used Flukers Cricket food in the past. Due to the price however I now use a mixture of my own creation that the hissers eat faster than the cricket food.
I get a small bag of both dog and cat food, A box of powdered milk, and a larger sized container of tropical fish flakes.
I then put the dog and cat food [50-50] into a coffee grinder. I also add a heaping tablespoon of the powderd milk, Lastly, I add a tablesoppn of the fish flakes. I then grind this down to a fine powder. I repeat the grinding until I have a couple cups of the mix blended.
I leave the Hissers a dish of this at all times. I also will put out a handfull or so of non-ground dog/cat food.
They seen to go for the ground food faster than the solid. I also feed then Romaine, apples, orange slices, and carrots.
So, to answer the question.. They will eat the prepackaged products, I have found. But at $3,99 for a 13 oz bottle it really isn't worth the expense. With a small bag of both dry food and the fish flakes and powdered milk, It will cost under $12.00 and you'll have ten to twenty times the food.
I get a small bag of both dog and cat food, A box of powdered milk, and a larger sized container of tropical fish flakes.
I then put the dog and cat food [50-50] into a coffee grinder. I also add a heaping tablespoon of the powderd milk, Lastly, I add a tablesoppn of the fish flakes. I then grind this down to a fine powder. I repeat the grinding until I have a couple cups of the mix blended.
I leave the Hissers a dish of this at all times. I also will put out a handfull or so of non-ground dog/cat food.
They seen to go for the ground food faster than the solid. I also feed then Romaine, apples, orange slices, and carrots.
So, to answer the question.. They will eat the prepackaged products, I have found. But at $3,99 for a 13 oz bottle it really isn't worth the expense. With a small bag of both dry food and the fish flakes and powdered milk, It will cost under $12.00 and you'll have ten to twenty times the food.
I got a couple tablespoons of Flukers from a friend a couple days ago to see if the Hissers would go for it. I placed it on a small plastic lid next to the mix that I mentioned above. Well someone must have tried it, but they hardly touched it over the mix. I put about a half a cup into the tote every 4 to 5 days and it is cleaned to the last speck.. I have read a post somewhere in the past that mentions adding some olive oil to the food to get them to eat. I will wait until next Sunday and whatever is left of the Flukers I'll mix with the oil.
I forgot to mention one other item that I put into the ground mix. A tablespoon of brown sugar into 1 cup of the mix..
I forgot to mention one other item that I put into the ground mix. A tablespoon of brown sugar into 1 cup of the mix..
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I will once again sing the praises of unmedicated chick mash. $8 for a 40 pond bag (some feed stores sell it by the pound so you don't need to invest in so much).
Great for cockroaches, and crickets too.
Wade
Great for cockroaches, and crickets too.
Wade
Wade, A question for you. Do you grind up the chick mash or use it right out of the bag? I was thinking about getting a bag before my other items run out and add the mash a little at a time until they are getting mash only.
Just a little add on. The hissers got a orange last night about 8:00pm cut into quarters. At 7:30am there wasn't anything left. And the population had a increase as there was 50-60 new babies.
Just a little add on. The hissers got a orange last night about 8:00pm cut into quarters. At 7:30am there wasn't anything left. And the population had a increase as there was 50-60 new babies.
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I generally use it right out of the bag. It's a perfect consistancy for cockroaches as is. Sometimes I do crush it up a little for pinhead crickets, but I'm not certain that they need it.
Wade
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Roach food.
I start with cat food (high protein) then add dog food. A container of Quaker oats and some fish flake food. Sometime I even add a box of cheerios, they love those things. I have been told be several people not to use powdered milk. They all go in the coffee bean grinder and are ready to go. I got a tip from one of the first people to start making roach food years ago and he said they love a little bit of olive oil on the food. I am going to mix a little in to my next batch after in has been ground up. I just sent someone some food with the lobsters I sold him and he put it in his B. dubia cage. He said they all ran out from the egg crates and polished it off immediatelly.
James
I start with cat food (high protein) then add dog food. A container of Quaker oats and some fish flake food. Sometime I even add a box of cheerios, they love those things. I have been told be several people not to use powdered milk. They all go in the coffee bean grinder and are ready to go. I got a tip from one of the first people to start making roach food years ago and he said they love a little bit of olive oil on the food. I am going to mix a little in to my next batch after in has been ground up. I just sent someone some food with the lobsters I sold him and he put it in his B. dubia cage. He said they all ran out from the egg crates and polished it off immediatelly.
James