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One more feeder. Anyone ever feed there tegus Jamaican Field Crickets? How did they do?

Jamaican Field Crickets are larger than the typical domestic cricket used in the pet industry, and I have seen them a few times in the last few years as domestic crickets colonies have collapsed at times because of disease.

I got excited when I first saw them as they were a larger feeder for my tarantulas, but I soon learned that they BITE! they have some hefty chompers and can be considered dangerous to less aggressive tarantulas. I have read on gecko forums that they can and will kill leopard geckos, and even have a friend on a tarantula forum who shared that her bearded dragon died because of Jamaican Field Crickets. She took her beardie to a vet who confirmed the beardie had bites down its throat from the crickets.

As such, I can imagine these would not be good to feed baby tegus, but I don't know how well an adult chews its food, so I don't know if I should avoid feeding these to my future tegu.

Anyone have any experience with these?

<blockquote data-quote="ManlyMan7" data-source="post: 146154" data-attributes="member: 5248">One more feeder.&nbsp; Anyone ever feed there tegus Jamaican Field Crickets? How did they do?Jamaican Field Crickets are larger than the typical domestic cricket used in the pet industry, and I have seen them a few times in the last few years as domestic crickets colonies have collapsed at times because of disease.I got excited when I first saw them as they were a larger feeder for my tarantulas, but I soon learned that they BITE! they have some hefty chompers and can be considered dangerous to less aggressive tarantulas. I have read on gecko forums that they can and will kill leopard geckos, and even have a friend on a tarantula forum who shared that her bearded dragon died because of Jamaican Field Crickets. She took her beardie to a vet who confirmed the beardie had bites down its throat from the crickets.As such, I can imagine these would not be good to feed baby tegus, but I don't know how well an adult chews its food, so I don't know if I should avoid feeding these to my future tegu.Anyone have any experience with these?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ManlyMan7, post: 146154, member: 5248"] One more feeder. Anyone ever feed there tegus Jamaican Field Crickets? How did they do? Jamaican Field Crickets are larger than the typical domestic cricket used in the pet industry, and I have seen them a few times in the last few years as domestic crickets colonies have collapsed at times because of disease. I got excited when I first saw them as they were a larger feeder for my tarantulas, but I soon learned that they BITE! they have some hefty chompers and can be considered dangerous to less aggressive tarantulas. I have read on gecko forums that they can and will kill leopard geckos, and even have a friend on a tarantula forum who shared that her bearded dragon died because of Jamaican Field Crickets. She took her beardie to a vet who confirmed the beardie had bites down its throat from the crickets. As such, I can imagine these would not be good to feed baby tegus, but I don't know how well an adult chews its food, so I don't know if I should avoid feeding these to my future tegu. Anyone have any experience with these? [/QUOTE]

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