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I've heard feeding too big of prey can paralize a dragon. He is 12" long and the space between his eyes is about an inch. I can only find full grown crickets or 1/2" crix. Is it really a problem feeding him full grown crickets, they seem to be a 1/4"longer then the space between his eyes. He just eats like 50 1/2" crix everymeal at least. Do you know of online crix stores with a larger variety of sizes?

You can get different sized crickets from Ghann (www.ghann.com)
I have ordered from them and they are good to deal with. I also have a 12" dragon that I have been feeding silkworms. Those can be used even if bigger than the space between their eyes because they do not have the hard shell. I was scared to death to feed them to her. But after talking with some folks on here and another forum realized it was ok. I started out giving her the smaller ones (just to make myself feel better). The silkworms are high in protein. I have been looking at the Phoenix worms too. The Phoenix worms are very high in calcium. They are really easy to keep. You do not have to refridgerate them or even feed them. Just keep them in the container they come in and they last several weeks. I just ordered some yesterday and should have them this coming week.

I'm a better safe than sorry type of person, So I wouldn't feed adult crix if i were you.

My suggestion would be to just buy more 1/2" crickets than you need and the ones you don't feed out right away will grow larger while you have them. It also saves on freight to purchase more less often.

There are many online cricket/feeder sites, check the Businesses tab for one in your area.
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