Sj45":f478a said:
If I were to buy 1000 crickets, how would I take care of them in a 10 gallon tank?
How do you feed your bearded dragon it's crickets? Do you just dump a bunch into his/her cage?
I'd like to combine two different feeders into my beardies diet, crickets being one, what would you recommend as far as a worm?
Where is the best place to buy feeders?
Thanks, Scott
a) Provide clean egg crates, food and water gel... I recently found out that you can buy water gel crystals by the ounce on eBay, or you can check a science supply store for "polyacrylamide crystals". For food I used cricket diet, Fluker's or Premium Crickets... but if I were to do it again I would add those bearded dragon bites also. You could also throw in veggie leftovers from your beardie's salads. Clean the bin out as often as you can and provide good ventilation. Even then, you'll probably have some die on you.
b) I fed Nero in a separate container because I didn't want to bother taking furniture in and out of his cage constantly. But, my husband does dump the crickets directly in the cage when it's his turn to feed Nero. He thinks that feeding in a separate container spoils him.
Feeding in another container cuts down on mess, also.
c) Phoenix worms are amazing but they are probably too expensive to use as a 100% staple feeder unless, well, you can afford it. Depends on how big your beardie is. Before he hit 16", I fed phoenix worms in the morning, before work, had salad in the cage all day, then fed crickets in the evening. Now I'm using just salad and supers. Or you could try roaches as long as they follow the width between the eyes rule.
d) A lot of people like Premium Crickets, but I had trouble ... my first and only cricket order from them arrived dead. They're good for worms and I like their Kricket Komplete package. Switched to Ghann's and every order from them has always come in fully alive and very active.