Beardie ate dead crickets?

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reiddragons

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There were some dead crickets in my holder with the live ones. I think my beardie ate a couple of the dead ones. Is he going to be sic or die? What should I be looking for? He ate some salad and drank some water just now, he's behaving normal.
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
They arent going to hurt him but I would remove the dead ones they cause a lot of stink
Karrie
 

kingofnobbys

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Provided these dead crickets were still fresh , that's not a problem 95% of the time . If dead because they've been exposed to a toxin … that's bad.

If they were starting to go off , oozing fluids , not good , will like make the dragon sick.

I can't see any reptile touching a cricket that started to smell like rotten prawns.
 

reiddragons

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kingofnobbys":12rvbl08 said:
Provided these dead crickets were still fresh , that's not a problem 95% of the time . If dead because they've been exposed to a toxin … that's bad.

If they were starting to go off , oozing fluids , not good , will like make the dragon sick.

I can't see any reptile touching a cricket that started to smell like rotten prawns.

Thanks, he seems ok :)

Follow-up tho, he had a container of dubia roaches. Some are dead and I see a couple larvae in there. However, the one I took out and fed him was definitely still alive. No toxins were in there. He should be ok, right?
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Just fish the dead ones out and clean out the container they are in
Karrie
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Yes he should be fine - I clean out the dead ones all the time -- and no toxins are there
Karrie
 
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