How long is your beardie? If he is at least 16 inches long, you should try superworms. I had a terrible time keeping crickets alive, they stunk, had too many escapees, etc. So I tried superworms and Izzy loves them! So do I. They are much easier to keep, stay alive for months, easier to handle, way cheaper, cleaner and all around a better choice for me. Izzy gained a bunch of weight on them though, so I had to ration him a little. But that turned into a positive as well because he started to eat more veggies then, when before he rarely touched them. Izzy is 16 months old and eats 5-10 supers a day. You dust them the same way you do crickets. I get 100 at the local pet store for $3.99.