experience with Bug Box?

scoobysnacks

scoobysnacks

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anyone have any experience with the BugBox! Crickets-to-go thing? im going away for about a week and have no one to feed my geckos so i picked up a couple of them. the concept is to place it in the tank and they'll slowly come out themselves, but i have a couple concerns. 1, what if they wont come out? 2, i know you arent supposed to leave crickets unattended in the tank. 3, what if my geckos have trouble hunting them? i have an adult african fat tail who i really wouldnt be too worried about not eating for a week (i bought her one anyway), but i also have a juvenile leo who if i dont feed for a day insists im starving him :lol: i mostly tong feed my juvenile too so im worried about him having to hunt on his own. any input would be helpful! thank you
 
Merianna

Merianna

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I don't personally have experience with BugBox but I know those that have used it. It seems to work decent enough, the only thing to keep in mind is that any uneaten crickets could potentially swallow gecko feces or harass your leos. I'd try and put a decent but not overly generous count of crickets in the BugBox just to be sure that there isn't an overload of crickets running rampant in your cages, other than that it'll probably be fine. Also, what will you be doing for water? Hopefully none will get in there and make a mess, either way just take your factors into consideration and plan accordingly to that. I hope you enjoy your time out :)
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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Loose crickets will end up in the water dish for sure.

  • How about experimenting with the BugBoxes before your trip?
  • How about feeding both geckos well before you leave?
  • If your juvie leo will eat mealworms, they can be contained in Lee's mealworm dishes.
Click: Lee's Mealworm Dish | Petco Store
 
scoobysnacks

scoobysnacks

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unfortunately i dont have time to mess with them before i leave, i leave today. ive already fed them both and i have a mealworm dish but im not sure if he'll eat out of it, i dont know if he knows it exists. i have a short 3 day trip before i leave for another week so we'll see how it goes this time
 
scoobysnacks

scoobysnacks

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update: experiment was successful! i only found 2 uneaten crickets in the tank, one dead under his warm hide and one mustve crawled into the mealworm dish and wasnt able to find a way out. none in the water bowl though! he didnt seem to figure out the mealworm dish though, theyre all still in there. oh well, it worked better than i was expecting :)
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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scoobysnacks said:
update: experiment was successful! i only found 2 uneaten crickets in the tank, one dead under his warm hide and one mustve crawled into the mealworm dish and wasnt able to find a way out. none in the water bowl though! he didnt seem to figure out the mealworm dish though, theyre all still in there. oh well, it worked better than i was expecting :)
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Let us know how the BugBoxes work during your week-long trip.

Have a good one!
 
scoobysnacks

scoobysnacks

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the pet store was out of them this time so im getting creative... bought some crickets and im gonna put some cricket food/quencher in an empty light bulb box and cut a tiny hole in it and see how it goes
 
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