A calcium-rich gutload block for feeder insects. Crickets straight from the tub are a poor calcium source and carry far more phosphorus than calcium; leaving them on this block for a day or two before feeding out lets you improve what actually reaches your reptile. One point that trips people up: this is not a water source. Zoo Med's own directions call for a separate shallow water dish alongside it.
Benefits
- High calcium — raises the calcium content of feeder insects before they are fed out.
- Solid block — will not spill or need topping up daily like a loose gutload.
- Vegetable and vitamin base — carrot, spinach, alfalfa, soybean, lima bean and a full vitamin and mineral premix.
Ingredients
Calcium sulfate, dried carrot, dried spinach, suncured chopped alfalfa, dehulled soybean meal, dried lima beans, wheat middlings, fish meal, rice bran, escarole, endive, calcium carbonate, menhaden oil, yeast culture, dried dandelion greens, stabilised vitamin C, yucca schidigera, natural flavouring, a complete vitamin and mineral premix, and the artificial colours Yellow 5 and Blue 1.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein (min) 1.2% · Crude fat (min) 0.8% · Crude fibre (max) 4.0% · Moisture (max) 18.0%
How to use
Place the block in the cricket container and provide water separately in a shallow dish. Allow the crickets to feed on it for one to two days before offering them to your reptile.
Finish the job with Repti Calcium with D3 dusted on at feeding time. More in Reptile Food.