A good source for hoppers/locusts?

charmander16 · Jul 25, 2017

I don't see many of these around, but I'd like to find a good feeder I can release loose into the viv, and these seem better than crickets due to being less noisy and harder for them to hide in small spaces.

Mysty · Jul 25, 2017

They're popular in the UK. Buy online I guess if not in your local reptile shop. As long as humidity is not very high where you live, you should be able to buy them small and grow to adult/near adult without too much fuss.

I find that seperating one typical petshop tub into 2/3 tubs lessens the number of deaths.

Cleaning out is also a neccesary evil unfortunately.

charmander16 · Jul 26, 2017

From what I can tell, these are banned from sale in the US as they are considered an agricultural pest. So I guess crickets are the only really decent loose feeder, but their chirping is annoying...

Garrus · Aug 3, 2017

Chirping is annoying, and they will nibble on your dragon or whatever else you feed them to at night if they can. Unless you're feeding a spider, I'd feed them in a separate tub. And even with a spider, you need to remove them if the spider doesn't eat them- since if the spider molts, the crickets can and will devour the spider.

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