So I've been feeding Ozzy '2nd Black Crickets' as my local store calls them since I got him about 2 weeks ago and his appetite has been good from the start, but all of a sudden it just sky rocketed.. 
he went from about 20 crickets a day to about 60-70 a day! This meant that I was going through one tub of crickets for 3.50 euro every 2 days. These crickets are small though, they're about half the width between his eyes. So today I went out and bought two tubs of '4th Silent Crickets' these guys are about twice the size of the black crix and a brownish color. They're are almost exactly the same size as the width between Ozzy's eyes with the exception of one or two that are HUGE. I just tossed one out my window that was the size (If not bigger) of Oz's head. I'm gut-loading these crix and going to feed him with them from now on, i'm really hoping to cut him down to 30-40 crickets a day. Do you guys think crickets these size are okay? If they're like 2mm over the width between his eyes can that cause serious harm?
I'd also like to add that should he still want to eat 70 odd crickets a day I'll just have to supply him with that many! I feed him till he's full, following the 10 mins as many as he'll eat guideline, so if thats what he eats, thats what he eats.. It just means a hell of a lot of walking to and from PetMania and a fortune on ugly little bugs lol. Well at least until he's big enough for the roaches. CANNOT WAIT TO START A ROACH COLONY.
Crickets really are the bane of any Beardie owners existence me thinks.
Anyway, no real point to this post.. I guess I should be studying (Beardeddragon.org eats my study time) so off I go.
he went from about 20 crickets a day to about 60-70 a day! This meant that I was going through one tub of crickets for 3.50 euro every 2 days. These crickets are small though, they're about half the width between his eyes. So today I went out and bought two tubs of '4th Silent Crickets' these guys are about twice the size of the black crix and a brownish color. They're are almost exactly the same size as the width between Ozzy's eyes with the exception of one or two that are HUGE. I just tossed one out my window that was the size (If not bigger) of Oz's head. I'm gut-loading these crix and going to feed him with them from now on, i'm really hoping to cut him down to 30-40 crickets a day. Do you guys think crickets these size are okay? If they're like 2mm over the width between his eyes can that cause serious harm? I'd also like to add that should he still want to eat 70 odd crickets a day I'll just have to supply him with that many! I feed him till he's full, following the 10 mins as many as he'll eat guideline, so if thats what he eats, thats what he eats.. It just means a hell of a lot of walking to and from PetMania and a fortune on ugly little bugs lol. Well at least until he's big enough for the roaches. CANNOT WAIT TO START A ROACH COLONY.
Crickets really are the bane of any Beardie owners existence me thinks.
Anyway, no real point to this post.. I guess I should be studying (Beardeddragon.org eats my study time) so off I go.
