Best Alternative Feeder Insects?

[lemonchonk]

Any suggestions for nutritional feeder insects that I can give my juvenile b. Boehmei? What is the insect to cricket ratio (# of insect = 1 cricket)?

I’ve fed her crickets for the last couple months but they are making my skin crawl every time I need to interact with them!

 

[PhoenixFyre]

There are Dubia Roaches and Red Runners as well.
Another alternative is Mealworms which can be kept in the fridge.

 

[HooahArmy]

Depending on your buddy's size, you can try dubia roaches (a hit among many Ts), hornworms, mealworms, or superworms. Superworms and mealworms however are very fat and are considered more like 'fast food' for Ts. The healthiest you can feed them are crickets and dubias, but I feel your grief on crickets as I think they're a little funky too.
Dubias are wonderful feeders and don't stink like crickets. They're easier to catch, juicy and nutritious, easy to breed, have more protein than crickets, and don't leap or fly. Dubias also don't bite like crickets do. They come in sizes that range from near pinhead to some jumbos for any feeding size, and can live quite long if you're planning to breed for feeding--up to 2 years--whereas crickets can go from egg to adult then dead within just a few months.

 

[Storm76]

In my experience almost every T goes nuts for red-runner roaches. Beats me why, maybe they're really nutritious. Or maybe my T's just enjoy hunting them down...

 

[Dorifto]

Red runners hands down.

 

[Chris73G]

I do prefer locusts/grasshoppers over crickets, but those aren´t allowed in america as far as i know (?).

+ : Don´t smell, don´t make noise, slower than crickets, don´t really try to hide when you disturb them, thus easy to pick up for me and the t´s and no damn cricket hiding in a small gap between background and substrate and poor t sitting in front of it and waiting two days for it to finally emerge.
- : They are rather delicate when it comes to food and sometimes die faster than i can feed them to the t´s.
+/- : They are actually cute and sometimes i feel sorry for them .

 

[ThatsUnpossible]

I'm glad I'm not the only who feels sorry for feeders

I think mealworms are the easiest feeders to handle. I don't think they're quite as nutritious as Crickets (more fatty), but they will give you a break from Cricks for a while and keep for ages in the fridge.

Red Runner Roaches too, I find them repulsive but at least they don't smell as much as Crickets. I've started keeping mine the same way as Dave's Little Beasties and they don't really smell at all now.

 

[Benzen]

Yeah, Crickets are driving me nuts too. Smelly, loud, evasive (it's such a pain catching them with tongs too)...and god forbid a cricket escapes. You will suffer from sleepless nights trying to find the little noise maker.
Red Runner Roaches are a no-no and i don't think my landlord would appreciate me keeping roaches, as they could easily infest my apartment. If you are okay with a possible roach infestation; go for it. The best alternative would be worms. I know i will get some soon.

 

[viper69]

Any suggestions for nutritional feeder insects that I can give my juvenile b. Boehmei? What is the insect to cricket ratio (# of insect = 1 cricket)?

I’ve fed her crickets for the last couple months but they are making my skin crawl every time I need to interact with them!

high fat animals offer the most nutritious meal for any T