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i know its not good to let crickets all over hte cage, so ive geen trying to put them into a container. There are always as many as i put in. I usually put a cricket on the screen of his cage and he gets them that way, or i hold a cricket and he gets it. i put a few in the cage that i know are not there anymore, so he must be eating them. any suggestions.

I suggest letting the crickets run free. It's not a bad thing unless you leave more than they can finish off before nighttime. If you feed them less than they can eat in a day (which you should anyways) they won't do any harm. Even if a few are left overnight, make sure they've got something to nibble on and it won't become a problem. It's good to let them hunt anyways. I've never been a fan of bowl feeding.... Kinda just not natural to me (kinda like those rubber wire vines everyone loves). If you're worried about them escaping, try some silkworms, or something bigger that you can handfeed one at a time. Superworms and silkworms are great additions and, at least to me, are more convienent long term than crickets are, even though I use all 3. Give silkworms a shot, silkwormfarm.com has some great starter deals, to give them a try. Then you'll at least know if you like them or not, and it costs very little.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
www.BLUEBEASTREPTILE.com

Try placing the bowl near his favorite part of the cage. What I do is place the cup underneath the branch he most frequently sits on. One other thing to try is to place 2 cups in the cage at separate ends, and see which one he recognizes. It takes them a while to get used to it. Sometimes you'll have to do a combination of free roaming and cup feeding until he is used to the idea of feeding from the cup.