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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 226421" data-attributes="member: 29323">Different T's will take & refuse different food. I had a colony of roaches, but so few of my T's would take them, I have gone back to all crickets again.  And what you feed is going to depend upon what size your T is. I tend to feed mealworms to my smaller slings, with larger slings, those about 2cm & over, getting very small (pin head) crickets. But I have about 15 grown on slings I feed & if my pinheads grow, I have larger T's to feed them too.You also need to consider that a tub of crickets may survive a couple of weeks.  But you need to look after them & mealworms will last, maybe, a month or more before they start turning into darkling beetles, which are no good as food.  And all mealworms need is some porridge & a few currants or raisins, to keep them healthy. So mealworms make a better buy if you have one small-ish sling.</blockquote>