Quote Originally Posted by adawinters View Post
I am preparing for the possibly imminent cricket plague, (i.e. virus), and I'd like to settle on a nutritious alternative to feed my big eyed tree frogs and leopard geckos, just in case it becomes difficult to obtain live crickets.
Is this likely to happen? (not that a backup plan is ever bad a idea)

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Mealworms -- ruled out because leos won't eat them. I might try again when they're really hungry, but they were so disintrested that I'm not holding out much hope.
Is the adult beetle form of the mealworm a possibility? They move faster than the larvae. I'm not sure how they rate nutritionally though.

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Roaches -- they sound like perfect feeders... but I grew up in a first-floor NYC apartment with SERIOUS roach problems. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say that the only living things that I am irrationally afraid of are roaches. I cannot share my home with anything that looks like a roach. I tried to talk myself into it. I looked up each feeder species to see how "roach-ey" it actually looked. I just can't do it.
They do sound like great feeders. Having lived in an infested apartment building myself, I don't blame you.