Nutrition Breakdowns: Insects, Fruits and more

[ArborealsAnonymous]

Ok guys, I dont know why I didnt share this stuff with you all before because I shared to the leachie folks ages ago. I have a bunch of charts that im going to leave here for you homebrew diet peeps.

 

[ArborealsAnonymous]

I know chahoua aren't rhacodactylus anymore but still useful information

 

[ArborealsAnonymous]

insect meal nutritional breakdown

 

[ArborealsAnonymous]

General reptile nutrition, compares the known nutrient requirement differences between carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.

 

[ArborealsAnonymous]

This last document is a monster of my own making. The first sheet is a spreadsheet where you can input the weight in grams of various ingredients that you are adding to your own homemade diet. The second sheet compares the nutritional breakdown of your homemade recipe (that you inputed onto the first sheet) with commercially available diets. The last is a nutritional breakdown of various ingredients that ive looked into as food sources over the years.

Gecko Food Nutritions.xlsx

drive.google.com

 

[Michael]

These are seriously amazing resources, @ArborealsAnonymous! Thank you!!

 

[Michael]

This might be a dumb question, but what Ca to P ratio is ideal?

 

[ArborealsAnonymous]

So its generally accepted that between 2:1 is ideal, lower calcium levels than that and the phosphorus inhibits the absorption of calcium. I find that with the girls laying eggs all the time, 3:1 is closer to what I am giving them after supplementation.