Hi: Although not developed specifically for BDs, Mazuri (which I consider to be a higher-quality animal food manufacturer than Zoomed, etc.) makes pellets for insectivores. While not cheap, I think it's quite likely that they come out to be less expensive than those little bottles of colored pellets you can get from a pet store because you can buy them in bulk. (Beautiful Dragons sells it by the pound.)



I use a blender to grind them down to a coarse dust-like consistency, and then sprinkle it on top of my BDs' daily salads along with any supplements I'm giving that day. Then I spray a little water on top to stick it all to the greens. My BDs all love salad and have accepted the pellets well in this form.



I do still feed crix, phoenix worms, roaches, etc., but this allows me to supplement the live feeders. The Mazuri pellets can also be used to gutload insects.



I agree with the other poster that pellets alone wouldn't be an adequate diet for BDs. Crix are cheap enough to order by the 1,000 and easy to maintain as you feed them off, and in addition to adding variety to the diet, they are very stimulating/enriching to my guys. I think they'd be incredibly bored without their regular bug-chasing frenzies.



Good luck!

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