I have two questions about crickets that I need answering. It's not too terribly pressing because Shenron's brumating and thus not eating much, but it is something I'd like to have my mind put at ease.
I've been at college for a little over a year now and my parents have not been using the dusting forumla like I normally do. As such, the powder has just been sitting there on my shelf for a little over a year now unused. Is it still okay to use it or does the powder expire and I should just get a new one to be on the safe side? Should I dust superworms also?
Also, my mother is uncomfortable with having a seperate cage for my feeders. We used to do this, but crickets would jump all over the place and I'm just not comfortable ripping their hind legs off (I know they're food, but it just seems a bit...cruel). As such, the only way to gut load the crickets is to put the gel in the cage with the lizard where either one of two things will happen. A.) Shenron will eat the dusted crickets before they're even gut-loaded, or B.) later, when he's full, the crickets will be eating the gut load gel but once Shenron gets hungry, he'll grab the cricket along with a ton of gut load gel. Is that safe for a beardie to do (keep in mind I still have that extra 20 gal tank I used when he was a baby before he was moved to his 50 gal so I can put the crickets in there with some convincing with Mom, hopefully)? Should I gut-load the superworms as well?
Okay, so that was really two cricket questions and two superworm questions, but you get the idea. :wink:
I've been at college for a little over a year now and my parents have not been using the dusting forumla like I normally do. As such, the powder has just been sitting there on my shelf for a little over a year now unused. Is it still okay to use it or does the powder expire and I should just get a new one to be on the safe side? Should I dust superworms also?
Also, my mother is uncomfortable with having a seperate cage for my feeders. We used to do this, but crickets would jump all over the place and I'm just not comfortable ripping their hind legs off (I know they're food, but it just seems a bit...cruel). As such, the only way to gut load the crickets is to put the gel in the cage with the lizard where either one of two things will happen. A.) Shenron will eat the dusted crickets before they're even gut-loaded, or B.) later, when he's full, the crickets will be eating the gut load gel but once Shenron gets hungry, he'll grab the cricket along with a ton of gut load gel. Is that safe for a beardie to do (keep in mind I still have that extra 20 gal tank I used when he was a baby before he was moved to his 50 gal so I can put the crickets in there with some convincing with Mom, hopefully)? Should I gut-load the superworms as well?
Okay, so that was really two cricket questions and two superworm questions, but you get the idea. :wink: