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Hi. I am new to beardies...I notice that places sell canned crickets. What are the opions of canned crickets for beardies? Are they nutrious to them? Thanks in advance for your help.-ELvy

I have never investigated them nutrition-wise but they are HUGE and very nasty looking. If you have a baby they are going to be way too big, if you have an adult maybe someone has more info on their nutritional value.
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Stacey

My adults and babies both love them!! They smell like jerky and they come in two sizes, large and small. You can dust them with calcium powder (the powder sticks to them better than live crickets.) I keep them around in case I run out of live food. I would highly recommend them.

"nasty"? I doubt the Dragons would agree. LOL!

I love canned crickets because I HATE live crickets. My 2 Dragons love them too. The moisture content is very high, they're cooked in the can so any parasites are killed, and they're dead already so you don't have to worry about the odd cricket running across your floor. If your dragons are big enough then the adult "can o crickets" is filled with good sized crickets. I just sprinkle a bit of Miner All in the can, reseal it,shake it up, and pour them into the food dish or had feed with feeding tweezers.

Find an online pets supplu place that gives you a discount for buying in bulk. Some of the pet stores can charge up to $7 per can and this is way more than you need to pay.
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0.0.2 Bearded Dragons(Ziggy and Stardust)
0.1.0 Royal/Ball Python(Not named yet)

only $2.95 per can here. Buy more spend less.

reptiledirect.com
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0.0.2 Bearded Dragons(Ziggy and Stardust)
0.1.0 Royal/Ball Python(Not named yet)

I was just wondering how you guys got your beardie to eat the canned crickets?

Last night, I was giving a wax worm as a treat. It wasn't moving coz I just popped it out of the refrigerator - I held it in a spoon in front of my beardie's face, but he didn't want to eat it. He ate all the greens and RepCal pellets around it but avoided the worm. I let the wax worm sit until it started moving and put it on the spoon again, and when my beardie saw it moving, he was getting all excited and then he ate it.

Did they just start eating it because the smell? Maybe the look of it? Just curious b/c mine didn't eat the wax worm when it wasn't moving but attacked it when it was wriggling around
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0.0.1 Bearded Dragon (Cookie Monster)
1.0.0 Crested Gecko (Vas-D)
0.0.2 Fire Bellied Toads (Norman & Forman)
0.0.2 Goldfish (Lenny & Carl)
1.0.0 Black Lab / Pit Bull (Mikey)

How old is your Dragon? Mine are about a year old and they still prefer bugs to pellets and greens. Although they'll take them if there's nothing else or I hand feed them. From what I understand Dragons eat less bugs as they get older and more greens so perhaps yours have started this transition?
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0.0.2 Bearded Dragons(Ziggy and Stardust)
0.1.0 Royal/Ball Python(Not named yet)

Mine is about 4 months old and eats more greens than bugs for some reason. He'll readily eat the greens, but he'll let the bugs roam and pick at his greens before he eats them. And he doesn't eat many bugs either... He goes for a few, but isn't crazy about them. He loves collar greens and is getting used to his RepCal pellets as he eats more of that now than when I first introduced it into his diet.

I handfed a 2nd wax worm of the week (won't feed another one til next week) but he only ate it when it moved -- That's why i'm assuming that I won't be successful in the can o' crickets deal, Although I would like to try that. I got one of those long reptile tweezers so I can feed the canned crix that way, but I'm just curious about the success of that.

Any tips would be great, if none, I'll post later this afternoon on the success of it. Should I use the Can O Crix? I know those are a little juicy compared to the Bottle of Dried Crickets sold by Flukers, Etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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0.0.1 Bearded Dragon (Cookie Monster)
1.0.0 Crested Gecko (Vas-D)
0.0.2 Fire Bellied Toads (Norman & Forman)
0.0.2 Goldfish (Lenny & Carl)
1.0.0 Black Lab / Pit Bull (Mikey)

Try the MINI can o crickets. The crickets are much much smaller than the regular can o crickets. I use feeding tongs all the time because I don't want to get nipped. Also, I do think movement helps to stimulate a response. Sometimes I think Beardies don't see unless there's movement. LOL!! The great thing about the can o crickets is you can put them in their greens without worrying about the crickets biting your young dragon.
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0.0.2 Bearded Dragons(Ziggy and Stardust)
0.1.0 Royal/Ball Python(Not named yet)

OoO thanks for the advice, I'll be doing that today! I'll let you know how successful it goes
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0.0.1 Bearded Dragon (Cookie Monster)
1.0.0 Crested Gecko (Vas-D)
0.0.2 Fire Bellied Toads (Norman & Forman)
0.0.2 Goldfish (Lenny & Carl)
1.0.0 Black Lab / Pit Bull (Mikey)