Insects

Alright I haven't been feeding insects to my crestie but I think I might start to. Only thing is, I really really don't want to feed crickets because her setup has a lot of hiding places and I don't want to have to listen to crickets all night because she can't find them. So I was thinking are these guys good at eating out of the enclosure in a seperate feeding tank. I was thinking about feeding dubia nymphs instead too cuz I HATE crickets. Let me know what you guys think.

I try to feed my geckos out of the enclosure but some will simply not have it.

If the animal loves bugs and loves to hunt then it will probably eat in another container.

Dubias can't climb smooth surfaces so you could just stick them in a smooth glass dish in the enclosure and they wouldn't be able to hide.

i dont even offer crickets to anything i own.

the bulk of my cresteds diets is CGD. Now that my dubia colony has taken off, I'm offering some dusted dubias or meal worms 1x-2x a month, maybe a bit more frequently now.

My youngest ones are being offered dubias and mini meal worms (they were labeld as mill worms) i have no idea what they are but the babies go crazy for them. They're tiny and move around a lot. Ill take some pics later.

I would get rid of the meal worms for the cresties. Their shells are very hard to digest and can easily lead to impaction.

Iv tried to feed my geckos dubia nyphs but none of them eat it, so I jsut always have a fresh supply of CGD for them and they seem to be doing healthy, my female has not laid 2 sets of super healthy eggs and should lay another soon.

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Originally Posted by Emohooker

Iv tried to feed my geckos dubia nyphs but none of them eat it, so I jsut always have a fresh supply of CGD for them and they seem to be doing healthy, my female has not laid 2 sets of super healthy eggs and should lay another soon.

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hmmmm....this would be my luck for sure.

Well heres another thing. For some reason, it always seems like the CGD is barely touched if touched at all...I've had her now for well about a month, and shes still alive lol so I'm assuming shes eating I just never see it. Shes in a 10 gal right now w/cypress mulch, climbing wood, and I have a nice hollowed out log in there for her to hide in which she made her home lol. She comes out at night but I never saw her eat once. I had her in a 20 thinking she couldn't find the food, so I put her in a 10 but no difference. She seems healthy as can be though.

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Originally Posted by Animals As Leaders

hmmmm....this would be my luck for sure.

Well heres another thing. For some reason, it always seems like the CGD is barely touched if touched at all...I've had her now for well about a month, and shes still alive lol so I'm assuming shes eating I just never see it. Shes in a 10 gal right now w/cypress mulch, climbing wood, and I have a nice hollowed out log in there for her to hide in which she made her home lol. She comes out at night but I never saw her eat once. I had her in a 20 thinking she couldn't find the food, so I put her in a 10 but no difference. She seems healthy as can be though.

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Well if you find poop then she is probably eating!

Most of the time the crickets you get if you order online or get the big box of 1000 a a show, they are called silent crickets. They don't chirp. I keep an aquarium full of crickets for my beardie and they never chirp. They are a different color from the ones at most pet stores and they lack the thick wings needed to chirp.

The best worms for any reptile are pheonix worms (2 month shelf life) and silk worms (feed mulberry leaves daily or put in fridge for about a week). They are the highest in calcium and vitamins of all the feeder worms and very soft. Wax worms for an occasional snak. They are very high in fat and protein and will bulk up an under weight lizard fast.

I've never gotten any silent crickets! The crickets that I order in bulk do chirp--they just don't chirp until they reach adulthood and grow a full set of wings (and it's only the males that do grow wings).

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

Most of the time the crickets you get if you order online or get the big box of 1000 a a show, they are called silent crickets. They don't chirp. I keep an aquarium full of crickets for my beardie and they never chirp. They are a different color from the ones at most pet stores and they lack the thick wings needed to chirp.

The best worms for any reptile are pheonix worms (2 month shelf life) and silk worms (feed mulberry leaves daily or put in fridge for about a week). They are the highest in calcium and vitamins of all the feeder worms and very soft. Wax worms for an occasional snak. They are very high in fat and protein and will bulk up an under weight lizard fast.

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There are crickets that don't chirp? Never heard of this either. Are they a special kind of cricket?

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There are crickets that don't chirp? Never heard of this either. Are they a special kind of cricket?

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The crickets that don't chirp are the same old crickets you always get. They just haven't matured to chirpers yet. The pet store near me specifically orders these crickets because they can usually sell them all off before they start to make there chirping.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the non chirpers are just under 3/4" and about 3 weeks old.

Source: dirty jobs: cricket farmer ;)