by kingofnobbys » Thu May 16, 2019 6:38 am
BabyBeardie13 wrote:I’ve decided to switch from crickets to BSFL but now I’m unsure of how many to buy (I have to buy bulk online) because I don’t know how many she would approx eat a day. Right now she eats 20-25 1” crickets a day (I offer more but she doesn’t want them) without her salad (she gets picky and doesn’t eat it some days).
12x MED gutloaded crickets (2/3 size) = 3g ==> 0.25g each
I just weighed some large white BSFL , 10 worms = 0.9g ==> 0.09g each worm.
So each cricket is equivalent in mass to 25/9 = 2.7 round up to 3 BSFL .
So if your dragon eats 25 crickets per day and they are medium sized crickets (2/3 size) and not adult crickets , you can likely expect if the dragon accepts BSFL , that it will eat 75 large white BSFL per day.
She is 6.5 months, 17.5” and 302g so she’s not tiny 😅 I’m not worried about price or anything, my landlord just about had a heart attack when he came across a loose cricket in our apartment so I have to switch 😂
P.S. I know she likes them I’ve given them to her before to see but couldn’t find them for a long while.
Other very nutritious feeders that are great value for money are silkworms :
A 30mm long silkworm is 0.5g = 2-3 medium crickets
A 40mm long silkworm is 1.3g = 5-6 medium crickets
a 2 inch long silkworm is 1.8g
a large silkworm about 3in is 2.3g = 8 - 10 medium crickets
My 4 month old hatchling Caesar is a big boy and already able to hoover down large sized silkworms and he loves them.
My 3-4 month old girl Cleopatra loves her BSLF and polished off 16 in each of two sittings today .
CBDs: Cleopatra & Caesar born 28Jan19.
Puff (RIP 10Dec15),Rex (RIP 16Mar17),Toothless (RIP 26Nov17).Peppa (RIP 22Mar19).
EBTSs : George & Mildred (born july 2010).
EWSs : , Fluffy (F) rescued injured by lawnwacker 14Nov17, Gutzy (F) rescued 27Sep19 - RIP 3Aug20 (est 12 yo), Wriggles (F) - injured rescue, over 8 yrs old, RIP 2Feb16 old age. Lucky juvenile (M) - cat attack rescue (lost r-eye, broken r-lower jaw), fatal SI RIP 21Jul2010.