Cricket Breeder/Supplier in North Dublin

wallzy234

does anyone know where there is a Cricket Breeder/Supplier in North Dublin?
i need to get crickets to feed a bearded dragon and i figure it would be cheaper to but from a breeder in bulk!

please help!

Leeby

Wackers on Parnell Street have them, maybe you can ask them if you can get a discount if you buy enough?

wallzy234

yes wackers in donaghmede have them too but im curious cause i hear bearded dragons eat about 20 crix a day or more and i was wondering how many you get in a box as i dont want to be going to get crix everyday as it would cost alot of money and effort if theres only about 20 crix in a box!

please help

Our man in Havana

I feed my 3 beardies 1 box of crickets every other day with a salad every day - so 1 beardie would eat 2-3 boxes of crickets a week.

Also add a few mealworms to the salad once or twice a week & give them the occassional wax worm.

wallzy234

is there not around 100 crix in a box?
do they really eat 100 crix a day?

Leeby

wallzy234 wrote:

is there not around 100 crix in a box?
do they really eat 100 crix a day?

There's about 40 crickets in a box. You could also feed them cockroaches, you could start up your own colony, they're cheaper, cleaner, you need less of them and they're not noisy like those damn crickets!
Also, if a cricket escapes the box you're stuck with a noisy rogue cricket in your house for a few days, whereas if a cockroach escapes it'll die pretty quickly.

wallzy234

hmm thats weird i called up Reptile Heaven and they said there were about 100 crix in a box of small crix (size 2 they said)

Leeby

wallzy234 wrote:

hmm thats weird i called up Reptile Heaven and they said there were about 100 crix in a box of small crix (size 2 they said)

Oh yeah, I wasn't really thinking about the size, just said 40 as that's how many we get in a box, no idea what size number they are though.

wallzy234

ok thanks well im still unsure if i should get a beardie!

on average how many boxes of crix a week would you have to get?

would 2 a week be ok?

Our man in Havana

I would get 2-3 for a hatching - all depends on how many the beardie eats etc - remember to dust the bugs & if you add tropical fish flakes & some fruit they will be gut loaded & much more nutritious for your beardies.

dbrock

why not go for desert iguana,,, there tottaly vegitarian and make great pets when they tame down

look them up there latin name is dipsosauraus dorallias sry might have spelled it slightly wrong

wallzy234

nah if im getting anything its gonna be a beardie!