this is why we don't feed black crickets

[froggy]

i got this from a website http://www.birdcare.com.au/crickets.htm

The black cricket that breeds in the wild should never be fed to any animals or birds unless their back legs are removed. Both back legs on the black cricket have a row of very sharp spikes which are very hard to digest and can cause damage to the animal's mouth, throat and / or digestive tract. So, unless you are prepared to pull the back legs off each and every black cricket, it is probably best to only use brown crickets.
so yes now i know why we buy brown crickets, just thought i would let you's all know this,

 

[mick w]

thanks for sharing froggy thats good to no

 

[bunnykin]

well found mate

 

[geckodan]

However, places like Healesville Sanctuary and Territory Wildlife park use black crickets without any dramas at all and you can be sure they are not pulling legs off.

 

[Kratos]

A few years back when i did work experience at the TWP they made me pull the legs of for the smaller animals and crush cocroach heads

 

[Parko]

If you have only a few lizards to feed it wouldn't be that much trouble to pull the legs off the crickets. But yeah i suppose why bother when normal crickets are just as good if given to an equal weight ratio.

 

[geckodan]

Nutritionally they are quite similar.