uhm weird thing in with crickets?

[princesslttlepddles]

we were feeding our baby her crickets and we saw something crawling on the box we keep them in.it was like a really thin small black worm type bug and it was super creepy and we got a little freaked out by it. were worried it could be some kind of parasite or something? we get our crickets at the reptile store by us, and that thing just really freaked us out.

 

[Skipper7]

Can you post a picture?

It's probably a cleanup bug. The store has them in with the crickets to take care of poop and carcasses. It should be fine for your beardy to eat.

 

[princesslttlepddles]

Can you post a picture?

It's probably a cleanup bug. The store has them in with the crickets to take care of poop and carcasses. It should be fine for your beardy to eat.

i would post a pic but we killed it and threw it away. i thought about taking a picture after the fact. but thats comforting to know that it was probably nothing. thank you!

 

[Skipper7]

Glad I could help. I had a little panic attack the first time mine ate one of the beetles :lol:

 

[CJuddy]

It's part of the cleaner crew. Handy to have with your crickets but do not feeds them to your dragon. They are gut loaded with feces and cricket carcasses. Not very nutritional for your scale baby.