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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tynan918" data-source="post: 240391" data-attributes="member: 49393">I've been looking into buying horned worms as an alternative to banded crickets.I buy 500 large banded crickets a month for $30 from Josh's frogs to feed my T, and my sons bearded dragon.However, care for the crickets seems hard and they usually all die off before the month is over with. I have a clear plastic bin that I keep them in and place small carrots they eat and hydrate from, removing the carrots after a day or two, but somehow manage to die off before the month ends.My T also only eats not even 50 of the 500 crickets within the month.Now I'm looking into hornworms as an alternative... I see a 100 count within my current budget.Are they easier to care for ? What do they eat and how would I hydrate them ?Will they make my T grow faster ?On average how many hornworms would my 5" T eat within the month ? Surely not 100, she barely eats 20 large banded crickets within the month.</blockquote>