Feeder alternatives during quarantine

[MuchoTaco]

Earthworms are very filling just add a bit of calcium dust. If your corner store has them

[Herpin Man]

My advice is to order crickets in bulk. It's usually not cost effective to order less than 500 at a time, and for only one frog, many crickets may die before being fed.
However- I have recently started using banded crickets. I really like them. They are said to be more nutritious and have less chitin than the standard house crickets. But here's the best part- they are durable and long lived. I have found that the adults live for several weeks in their bins, with very, very little mortality. There aren't many suppliers yet, but Josh's Frogs has them.
I think you should look into it.

[DanDrobates]

@herpin man, I was able to score a big order of banded crix from Josh’s. Things started to get ugly fast here in NY a few weeks ago due to COVID 19 and almost every online vendor was having issues with stock. Even Repashy products were hard to find online. I’ve fed banded crickets before and they are amazing. Josh’s was limiting large quantities though and they only offered orders of 250 so I had to order two at a higher price.

[Herpin Man]

So you bought 500 crickets, at twice the price of 250? That's one of my complaints about Josh's- they're quite stingy about giving good customers a break. I like the banded crickets quite a bit, but if I had another source for them besides Josh's, I'd switch.
I did just receive a box of 1000 adults from there, so supply must have improved.

[DanDrobates]

At the time I was happy with whatever I got. After all is said and done though it’s a no brainer anyway since they live forever and don’t stink. Even with shipping they still cost less than local. My original post was a last ditch plea in case I needed to go with Pac-Man bites. Thankfully I didn’t have to.