Cricket Food Recipes

[kyryah]

LOL, no offense taken. And no I do not feed it to my cats.

The ingredients of the type I use are:

Water, Liver, Meat by-products, Chicken, Powdered Cellulose, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Rice Flour, Chicken Liver Flavor, Oat Fiber, Flaxseed, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Brewers Yeast, Caramel Color, Carrageenan, DL-Methionine, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Iodized Salt, Fish Oil, Calcium Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite.

So, it is a bit different than what you posted.


Kristina

[froggsong]

Is it a wet food or a dry food? The one I posted is the dry food. I've never tried to feed them wet food, I'd think it would go bad too fast and be very messy...

EDIT:

Originally Posted by kyryah

...I prefer low fat canned cat food to dog food...

well, I guess I didn't see the word CANNEd to begin with, lol...

That one certainly has better ingredients. I've never read a science diet package that had decent ingredients. One would hope that perhaps they are turning over a new leaf.

[paulypaul]

Ok, Ive mixed the following and its going down well with no problems. I am having very little losses if at all but Ive just added 500 brown crickets to the massive black crickets I had left. I think there was 25 black crickets but they all grew to big during the 2 weeks Ive had them.
Anyway, my mix is:
Aquarian Tropical Flake Food (The analysis is % Protein 36.6, Oil 12.5, Ash 14, Fibre 3 and the vitamin analysis is Vitamin A 10000 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 2400 IU/kg, Vitamin E 500 IU/kg)
Milk Powder/Calcium Supplement
Basil (dried)
Parsley (dried)
Porridge Oats (Pure, nothing added)

The bulk of the mix is the flake food which seems to go first. Im looking to add some vitamin supplements. I would add peanuts but no one around here seems to sell plain peanuts. I dont fancy going out to buy dog food as its very expensive here. Anyone thing there is enough protein in the flake food? If not, are there any other cheap protein foods? Also, the vitamin D3 thing is bothering me. I havent got a supplement and Im struggling to find a good source.
Im also put in celery which they like and every other day I put in some fruit like apples or pears. Im going to buy some carrots as well so ill be using them in the future. I also dust the veggies and fruit with calcium powder.

i just thought it would be important to add that fish flake food loses all its goodness the longer its been opened. Although there is usually a sell by date on these things, its usually best to have it all used within 3 months of opening to make sure all the goodness is still active.

Now Ive just got to figure out how to feed my shy frogs these crickets while the dust is still on them.

[fish n toads]

If I use this cat food to feed crickets, and add vegetables,calcium and vitamin supplement, and a grain, would that be good?

Chicken, chicken broth, liver, meat by-products, fish, poultry by-products, natural and artificial flavors, guar gum, potassium chloride, iron oxide, tricalcium phosphate, salt, Vitamin E supplement, sodium nitrite (to promote color retention), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), dicalcium phosphate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), cobalt carbonate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, potassium iodide, biotin.

Crude Protein (Min) 11.0%
Crude Fat (Min) 5.0%
Crude Fiber (Max) 1.5%
Moisture (Max) 78.0%
Ash (Max) 3.0%
Taurine (Min) 0.05%

[froggsong]

fish, that food is better than some, it should be ok. when you run out and buy some more, try to get a food that has no by-products and has nutritious fruits and veggies in it.

i just mixed arond three lbs of feed this afternoon, so a rough recipe is coming soon! my computer isn't running currently, so it will have to wait until i can either fix it or buy another one.

[paulypaul]

Originally Posted by froggsong

fish, that food is better than some, it should be ok. when you run out and buy some more, try to get a food that has no by-products and has nutritious fruits and veggies in it.

i just mixed arond three lbs of feed this afternoon, so a rough recipe is coming soon! my computer isn't running currently, so it will have to wait until i can either fix it or buy another one.

Ive never heard of any fish food that has fruit and veggies in.
By the way, I know this is the wrong place but how do i know if my crickets are breeding?

[jargonchipmunk]

he wasn't talking about fish food. he was talking to fish... about food lol specifically catfood.

[kyryah]

Froggsong is a she... But yes, you are correct

Kristina

[jargonchipmunk]

sorry I was a gamer for too long so I automatically see anyone online as a HE lol

[froggsong]

My new cricket food seems to be working well. Very few deaths. Still hard to tell though because there are alot of other factors holding my crickets back from their full potential, lol... I think I shall order a thousand or so and see if we can get this project going, hehehe. If and when I do that, I will be able to give mroe definite results on my new recipe than I can with 50 or less at a time. Once I see how it is actually doing, I will post the recipe.

One thing I will say though, if you go with drying your own greens to add to the mix (I definitely recomend it), use a dehydrator or the microwave, rather than the oven. The oven traps in too much of the moisture as it heats the leaves and it doesn't dry them the same way (and takes FAR longer). Carrots seem to be easiest if you grate them with the large side of a cheese grater and then dry them. If you are using greens with thick stems through the leaves, remove them, grate them, and dry them like the carrots and add that too. If you use a food dehydrator and don't have the liners for wetter foods, some window screen cut to size is perfect. If drying in the microwave, don't forget a couple of layers of dry paper towel underneath.