What some folks will do does not change my advice. My experience has shown me that even 6 week old hatchlings can handle a size above pinheads without issue. Mine are now several months old and about half of them can take the "small" size from Petsmart. The rest still get the even smaller sizes. I am lucky in that a couple of the local pet shops have about 5 sizes of crickets to choose from. Petsmart is either "Big" or "Small" which makes it more difficult. But even their small's sometimes have little guys in the batch, which is helpful.
The soft bodied cricks being easy to digest is relative to the larger ones being much more difficult. If you read it in context you will catch that. You bring out a good point though in what quantity may be healthy and that is worthy of discussion.
If you are nursing back an emaciated juv or adult, what quantity of food are you recommending for each size? (Or by weight?)
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