I feed mine the same stuff I feed the crickets (Fluker's "high calcium" "cricket diet") along with plain water gel for moisture. You got me curious about the ingredients and it seems that all the protein (20% according to "analysis") comes from plant sources (corn, soy, wheat, etc). So far, I haven't had any problems. I used to get my cricket & roach (same stuff) food from a lady who made her own, but she went out of business a couple of years ago, so now I'm buying my stuff from the big box stores because I don't really have any other options left around here. <<< I don't think Fluker's "high calcium" "cricket diet" is a good insect food, I find my crickets do great on dry Repcal Adult beardie pellets, fresh greens (buk or puk choi) and fresh carrot chunks.
plain water gel is a bad idea , where do you think the gel chemicals accumulate when the lizards eat the bugs ?
My bearded dragon's uric acid levels are all over the map -- every time they do a blood test they get something different, but so far he hasn't seemed to have any obvious problems with gout. The one time he had some problems with his joints, the only thing the vet could see under the microscope was "amorphous debris" -- no obvious microorganisms and no obvious uric acid crystals, and it turned out to be related to adenovirus. I do worry about gout a little bit though, because his diet is supposedly too high in protein since we have a heck of a time getting him to eat enough veggies.
So do you think there's much difference between the best diet for crickets vs the best diet for roaches, and do you plan to market your roach food as good for crickets and other feeder insects too? <<< people here who have cricket colonies , use kitchen greens and veg and fruit scraps and nothing else for their crickets as food.