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    Feeding Question

    Can you feed a Bearded Dragon those Can O' Crickets, if you have a vibrating dish, like this one?

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    Re: Feeding Question

    Yes you can.... but I personally have not had any luck with either of my dragons eating thise, they are often times slimey and smell horrid. Why would you want to do that rather than offering live prey?
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    Re: Feeding Question

    I don't mind feeding live prey, I was just wondering, because it would make things easier. How about stunning them in the freezer, so they could still walk, but can't move too fast?
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    Re: Feeding Question

    My beardie LOVES chasing crix around his cage. Fun to watch, too.
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    Re: Feeding Question

    It's just my problem with crickets, is that they keep getting away.Do those cricket keepers help?
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    Re: Feeding Question

    Cricket Keepers work fine if you need to keep a bunch of them around and alive for a few days. What do you mean "they keep getting away?" I buy mine at the pet-store...they come in a plastic bag filled with air...I bring the bag home and just dump them into the tank. Shaggy (the beardie) takes care of the rest. LOL Never had an escape.


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    Re: Feeding Question

    If the prey getting away is the issue, why not pull thier back legs off and throw them in a bowl...
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    Re: Feeding Question

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    Cricket Keepers work fine if you need to keep a bunch of them around and alive for a few days. What do you mean "they keep getting away?" I buy mine at the pet-store...they come in a plastic bag filled with air...I bring the bag home and just dump them into the tank. Shaggy (the beardie) takes care of the rest. LOL Never had an escape.


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    But if I need 1000 crickets, that way I don't go to the petstore everyday, I can't just dump them in there.
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    Re: Feeding Question

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    But if I need 1000 crickets, that way I don't go to the petstore everyday, I can't just dump them in there.
    In that case, a Cricket Keeper will work for you. I had to use one when Shaggy was a baby because he needed crix every day....and I certainly wasn't about to drive to the store every day. But now he only needs them once a week and I have to go buy rodents anyhow, so I pick up "one serving" of crix as a treat for him each week.

    If you're gonna have lots of crickets staying for more than just one meal....I imagine you're gonna have escapes from time to time. But I hated having them around for more than a couple days because they stink like crazy.
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    Re: Feeding Question

    A crix keeper wont hold that many crix, I dont even reccommend keeping more than 100 at a time in a large keeper, and even then, you are asking for issues.

    If you intend on keeping crix around, esp. that many, get a rubber maid like I did and screen off the top.... and you have a giant crix keeper that cost you less and can house alot more.
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