Exotic and small pets · XP-22

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.

First page of the Feeder Insect and Livefood Record — Keep track of livefood stock and cultures so a feeding day does not arrive with an empty tub.
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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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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

  1. Record what you bought, when, and when it was used up — it shows your real usage.
  2. Log the gut load used; it is part of the animal's diet, not the insect's.
  3. Record culture start dates and when they began producing.
  4. Note the temperature cultures are kept at.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

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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