We feed the toad live crickets every other day. I have no one that can come in and take care of it while we are gone. Is there a timed automatic cricket feeder like the ones they make for fish food?
Natural looking Cricket Feeding Dish holds up to 12 crickets, providing a mess-free way to add vitamin supplement powders to the crickets. Small access hole allows crickets to escape one at a time for feeding the reptile.
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I don’t know how long you’re going to be gone, but I usually just leave lots of crickets. The critter will eat a lot, lay around having his own vacation for a few days because he overstuffed himself, then catch the rest later when he recovers. That’ll work for a week, anyway. You can leave out some Fluker Farms cricket food or some other food for the crickets to help them last. Just be very sure there’s now way he’ll run out of water, and that ants won’t get in (we’re currently swamped with ants in SoCal. Moats work.)
If his cage isn’t too big, of course, maybe you can take it over to someone if you can find a willing toad watcher. People are more likely to agree to that than to coming over. On the other hand, we once got someone to agree to watch our cat, and thank heavens I also set him up with LOTS of extra food and water, because the danged person never did show up! So you may want to add lots of crickets anyway, and just ask the watcher to keep an eye on things.
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I couldn’t find any automatic cricket feeders, unfortunately – live feed is a bit more complicated than fish feed. My best suggestion for you is to get a petsitter. You should be able to find people who do this even in small towns – ask around at places like vet’s offices and pet stores. They should be able to give you recommendations of people who have experience. The office/store might even be able to do this for you.
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Natural looking Cricket Feeding Dish holds up to 12 crickets, providing a mess-free way to add vitamin supplement powders to the crickets. Small access hole allows crickets to escape one at a time for feeding the reptile.
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