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Wondering about food expenses, thanks.

I don't think there is an average. Too many variables such as age, time of year, temps, size of crix, what other feeders you also use, etc. Also, you should be buying your crix in advance so you can gutload them properly first. Buying crix ahead of time also means some might die of natural causes (cannibalism, disease, stress, not competing for food in the bin, old age). It is more nutritious to get younger smaller crix and feed more of them...more surface area to hold dusts and less chitin. Also, immature crix don't chirp. I'm not sure I can answer your question very exactly. If you are concerned about the feeding costs (and this is not a big part of the cost of keeping a cham) maybe you can breed crix or other feeders yourself instead.

I feed my male adult jacksons between 4-6 crickets a day with a good variety of other prey items too (They really love superworms). So Roughly 3 dozen gutloaded crickets a week. Which is about $2.50-$3.00 from your local pet store.