{"product_id":"zoo-med-cricket-boost-hydrating-jelly-cups","title":"Zoo Med - Cricket Boost Hydrating Jelly Cups","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrickets are one of the best feeder insect choices for your pet reptile: They’re high in protein, low in fat, and conveniently available at nearly every pet store! However, they’re low in calcium and can be hard to keep alive at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeeding crickets a high-calcium, dry diet for 1-3 days (”gut-loading”) is the gold standard for improving their calcium content to at least a 1:1 calcium-to-phosphorus ratio (Ca:P). However, crickets need to stay hydrated to survive this gut-loading process. Reptile nutritionists advise against offering fresh fruit, vegetables, or the typical fruit-based jelly cups because they are more appealing than a high-calcium gut-load diet and can further dilute the insect’s nutritional value. After countless tests, trials, and formulas, we developed a calcium-fortified hydrating jelly that complements gut-loading, rather than detracting from it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePair Cricket Boost with our new Bug Balance Gut-Load diet and dust feeder insects with supplements as usual. Cricket Boost is a high-moisture, calcium-fortified jelly that was designed to complement a dry gut-load diet. Due to its high calcium content (1% AF, 8% DM), it can help improve the Ca:P ratio of feeder insects on its own; however, a high-moisture diet has its limits and cannot offer the same potency of other trace nutrients in a concentrated dry gut-load diet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aquatic Oasis Reefing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51696038510891,"sku":"5169603851","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/0633\/1435\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_45727770-13e8-49f5-8bb8-1742e0b43381.jpg?v=1767408610","url":"https:\/\/aoreefing.com\/products\/zoo-med-cricket-boost-hydrating-jelly-cups","provider":"Aquatic Oasis Reefing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}