Tarantula and Invertebrate Record
Record feeding and moult cycles so that a long fast can be recognised as normal for your animal rather than worried about.
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Feeder Insect and Livefood Record
A free printable livefood log — stock bought or bred, gut loading used, where it is kept, and the cultures you are running.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Keep track of livefood stock and cultures so a feeding day does not arrive with an empty tub.
Who it is for
Reptile, amphibian and invertebrate keepers, and anyone breeding their own livefood.
How to use it
- Record what you bought, when, and when it was used up — it shows your real usage.
- Log the gut load used; it is part of the animal's diet, not the insect's.
- Record culture start dates and when they began producing.
- Note the temperature cultures are kept at.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Cultures, gut loading and stock, so the live food does not run out on a feeding day.
What to dust with is your vet's call. Gut loading and dusting matter as much as the insect itself, and what to use differs by the animal being fed. No products, schedules or ratios are printed. This tracks your own stock and routine.
Write-on lines: Keeper · Animals fed · Suppliers used
Stock
Table, 8 rows: Live food · Bought or bred · Date in · Quantity · Gut load used · Kept where · Used up by
Page 2
Cultures
Table, 19 rows: Culture · Started · Substrate · Temperature · Producing by · Refreshed on · Notes
Questions
What should I gut load with, and what should I dust with?
Nothing is printed here. It depends on the animal being fed and on what else it receives, and over-supplementation is as real a problem as deficiency. Your exotics vet is the source.
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