Keeping Feeders Alive for a Long Time

[CliffsMom]

Hi,
If my juvie beardie eats 25 crickets a day, and I buy 500-1000 crickets, how can I keep those crickets alive and all for the 20-40 days those will last?
Can a 9 month old beardie eat the full grown crickets that will be left at the end of all that time? Or can those crickets be killed and cut in half?

 

[Brooke74]

Personally, I buy cricket food and water from my pet store. Flukers Cricket food and Gel water is worth the cost, it's good for gut loading and prevents drowning. I keep my crickets in large plastic bins with tiny holes drilled into the top. I use egg carton to provide the crickets with more space, and keep food and water in separate (sandpapered so the crickets can climb them) plastic dishes.