How to keep locusts small?

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So today I got my first bearded dragon, Odin, he's a baby and we bought him from a specialised store, he has a bit of a bent tail, but according to the store owner that's it's a birth defect he had since hatching
, and it doesn't seem to bother him. I've had no real problems (Other than him jumping on the ceramic heat emitter guard...) BUT the locusts we bought for him to eat have already outgrown him. Anyone know how to keep them small?
 
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I don't know that you can keep feeders small. I don't have experience with locusts in particular, but perhaps you can keep the larger ones and try to start a colony.
 
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CooperDragon":3orcwzp7 said:
I don't know that you can keep feeders small. I don't have experience with locusts in particular, but perhaps you can keep the larger ones and try to start a colony.
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That's sad to hear, but I'll cope. I can't really start a locust colony because unlike crickets and dubias, they are excellent climbers, and the ones they sell locally are absolutely massive when adults. Thanks for replying, anyway.
 
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Find out the lowest temperature they can be kept alive at and try to keep them at that temperature.

You could place them in small plastic tubs full of water drown them and then freeze them in water in icecube making trays for later ….. maybe (this will ensure they are dried out in the freezing process and thawing process when needed and exclude air from sending them off.

I did this for a while with mealworms and with crickets (to feed to the wild lizards and birds) and it seemed to work OK .
I discovered freezing them just in bottles or ziplock bags while live didn't work too well with crickets ( they dried out too ) , was OK with the mealworms though.
 
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