Crickets will bite??

chipanddalebeardies · Nov 29, 2016

Hey!!
Should I be worried about leaving crickets in my beardie's tank for too long? I've seen that crickets can bite but i don't know how to tell if one has bitten. Also, would a cricket still bite if i had veggies and other food in with the beardies? (my logic is maybe if the crickets have something to snack on they won't bite my dragons but i don't know why they bite) :?

kornel351 · Nov 29, 2016

Yes u should be a little worried because they could could cause harm to your reptile it is advised that all crickets are removed from the tank after the reptile has eaten .

ruben0311 · Nov 30, 2016

if there are any leftover, or ones that were quick enough to hide, leaving some veggies out overnight could help in attracting them. You would still want to search the tank the next day though. Feeding inside their enclosure, as i do, is better accomplished by only introducing one or two bugs at a time, that way they dont hide. I find Fred likes to stalk the bugs also so not just having a pile of them makes it better for him to hunt them when i place them at different areas each time.

Lpsouth1978 · Dec 21, 2016

ruben0311":2ppqarcj said:
if there are any leftover, or ones that were quick enough to hide, leaving some veggies out overnight could help in attracting them. You would still want to search the tank the next day though. Feeding inside their enclosure, as i do, is better accomplished by only introducing one or two bugs at a time, that way they dont hide. I find Fred likes to stalk the bugs also so not just having a pile of them makes it better for him to hunt them when i place them at different areas each time.

My guy enjoys stalking them too, be he LOVES it when I just put his dubia in a dog bowl for him. I guess it's like "shooting fish in a barrel. I have a little, no tip, stainless stell dog bowl that I put the dubia in when feeding. This way, none go to waste by escaping and having to be trown out. Yoda, enthusiastcally ATTACKS the bowl when I put it in his enclosure.

ruben0311 · Jan 1, 2017

niiiiiiiice.... dog bowls are usually really polished so you probably dont get any that can climb it, good choice. I feed from a small plastic cup that i just hold in my hand and let Fred attack. if any get out without being eaten he will hunt them down easily enough.

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