Best way to amputate

[SherryInFL]

crickets? Wilson is not super thrilled in chasing down crickets. I was going to try to pull off some legs (sounds cruel) and see if he would eat better. I tried but all I did was squish my cricket. :silent:

 

[Dooter]

Snip their back legs with a little pair of cuticle scissors.

 

[Jess]

If you hold them by their legs, they will chew their own legs off.

 

[bayoupig5]

I have actually pulled legs off, sound gross, maybe a bit cruel, but no crueller than your dragon chomping them to their death anyway. Hold the cricket by the back leg and body and pull the back leg out to the side, it will tear off, and that is the only way my dragon would eat them.

 

[scm133]

Pinch the upper part of the crickets leg, and it usually comes right off :twisted:

 

[Paradon]

That's what I do too...pinch off the back legs.

 

[SherryInFL]

That is hard to do with itty bitty crickets!

 

[Goodtruant]

New business idea, breed legless crickets?

 

[dreamwallaby]

Will he eat the crickets if you place him in a small container with them, they won't be able to run away if there is no room to run.

 

[Buckmaster299]

You can solve this issue with these lil things by sticking them in the fridge for a few mins or the freezer for a min or 2. this slows them down ALOT. It works great for my older beardie. He sulks if he can't catch the food. LOL

 

[SherryInFL]

AWESOME idea!