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I am planning on getting a beardie, possibly a pair (male & female) I have been reading over some of the posts. Specifically in the area of diet. Of those here who have a pair or more, how many crickets do you (did you) feed your guys and gals? An employee at a local pet shop just had a clutch of 24 beardies. They are now about 1 month old.

Also please recommend your favorite cricket source. I considered purchasing them for this local place, but as prices tend to be a bit cheaper online I thought I would check it out and weigh the pros and cons and then make a decision.

Last thing, I had a few anoles in the past and a packman frog when in college a few years ago...I know my wife's biggest issue is the Great Escaping Cricket Sideshow. Any tips on keeping mass amouonts of them, and in what?
Beardied Dragon Contruction Zone

I buy my crickets from lllreptiles.com. My adult eats mostly salads, and about 20 large crickets a day, every other day or so. My young beardie eats about 60-80 small crickets a day.

If you get a male and female, keep them in seperate enclosures at all times. When they mature the male will harrass the female and breed with her a lot, stressing her out. Especially keep them seperate if they are from that clutch, you definately don't want them mating if they are siblings.

Good luck!
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

If you keep the crickets in a large rubbermaid container, they cannot climb up the sides, nor can they jump high enough to get out. I put old paper towel rolls and egg crate cartons in the container to give them places to hide so they don't stress out.
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

you should feed babies 3x a day 10 crickets a serving dusted crickets in the moring, juviniles you should feed once a day and also dusted crickets. Adults you should feed them 5-10 crickets every 2-3 days.

to keep a large number of crickets is to keep them in a big rubbermaid container.

please visit my website page on the cricket care and setup
www.bearded-dragons.info/Cricket_Enclosure.html

Thank you for the information
Beardied Dragon Contruction Zone

I agree except with the babies and juvies feed them as much as they can eat in 10-15 minutes. You should not limit the number of crickets per feeding.
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Rob Talkington