Beardie ate cricket with possible cricket disease?

[kamelotte]

So I got 250 crickets from the local pet store for a premium $50 because I have no choice right now with how far north I am (canada). I've never gotten great crickets from this pet store, but they've always been passable until today. Most of them have stiff back legs that stick straight back and barely move. I can literally pick them up by the fist full and they just kind of twitch. I know it's not me because 1. the cricket bin was freshly cleaned and 2. I've taking care of my crickets the same way for months (large rubbermaid, screen top, fresh clean organic dandelion greens every day) and I've never had any huge die-offs (The most I've ever had in 1 day was 30; coincidentally those crickets came from this same petstore :? the average is like 2-5 die)

I fed my beardie some of these possibly diseased crickets before I realized what was going on. What should I do? Will he be okay.

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

The dragon will be fine, although better food in means better everything, the cricket virus has not been shown to affect reptiles in general.

 

[texasphil]

I have had this problem with the last two batches of crickets I have received. They were from two different suppliers. A significant number are found laying on their back and twitching and others walk as if their hind legs are paralyzed. Is that the cricket virus?

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Sounds like it. I use crickets from Ghanns cricket farm. They are using the banded cricket.

 

[texasphil]

I usually use Ghann's but the last two times I used 2 different companies. I'll be going back to Ghann's for sure.

 

[Sauzo]

I too used Ghanns cause of the banded crickets back when I fed Harley crickets. But after about a week of dealing with crickets, I said to hell with that and started a dubia colony and Harley and I are both much happier. Although I think Harley is happier than me since she now is a fat lazy slug who loves to sit on the couch watching me watch tv or sitting on the bed....watching me watch tv. :lol: