Cricket breeding, and Bearded Dragon Question

[Ptrick125]

Recently I have been researching a more affordable option to feed my 19" bearded dragon. He can go through about 4-5 bucks of crickets in only a few days. My mom won't let me get dubia roaches or any other type of live food for Lenny.

Does anyone here breed there own crickets? Do you any pictures of how you do it? How many crickets so you feed a week to your dragon?


Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Crickets are annoying and smell awful. Trust me, dubia are the way to go.

 

[chairman]

Bearded dragons are capable of eating all sorts of things. Your lizard's teeth are good for more than chewing up greens and swallowing snack-size insects whole. Have you contemplated replacing a feeding or two with f/t mice? They need a hotter than normal basking spot to digest such a meal but it is an option.

 

[Ptrick125]

Crickets are annoying and smell awful. Trust me, dubia are the way to go.

I need some ammo to convince her to let me do that... What should I say to her to convince her to let me get dubia roaches?




Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[Ptrick125]

Bearded dragons are capable of eating all sorts of things. Your lizard's teeth are good for more than chewing up greens and swallowing snack-size insects whole. Have you contemplated replacing a feeding or two with f/t mice? They need a hotter than normal basking spot to digest such a meal but it is an option.

Are you talking about those mice fetuses? (That's what they look like LOL) I would consider those.


Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[crayfishguy]

Tell her a whole colony will stink less than a couple crickets. They will save money and time, they cant climb, fly or chirp.


Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[coyotethug]

Mealworms are the way to go with insect food culture. Produce like crazy, never smell, and no chance of escape.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

 

[Ptrick125]

Mealworms are the way to go with insect food culture. Produce like crazy, never smell, and no chance of escape.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

I thought you need 3 bins to separate the Beatles, pupae, and mealworms though...


Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

 

[coyotethug]

Nope, I did it for years in a single bin with about 6 inches of a combination of whole oats and wheat bran. Keep a carrot or potato in for moisture and completely change over the media about every 6 months or so. This is because the exoskeletons start to build up. Just take out all the beetles and pupa, put into new container and keep feeding from old until all larvae are gone in first.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

 

[chairman]

Are you talking about those mice fetuses? (That's what they look like LOL) I would consider those.


Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

They can eat anything that will fit between their eyes. Either a mouse that size or a chopped-up adult in their salad. There's a member on another forum that I'm on that feeds chopped mice to his female leopard geckos to help them recover from laying. If a leopard gecko can eat mice, so can a beardie.

Good luck on converting to roaches. They're a great feeder bug. Unfortunately, many people have a near phobia of the critters to the point that even the varieties that wouldn't survive in your house get banned for no good reason.