henward Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 looking at getting bulk crickets, its chaper for my beardie. but when you first get them, medium is too small i want them bigger, how hard is it to raise them bigger or just keeping them alive? is it easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilenutt Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Here is what I a told .... Crickets are pretty easy to breed, just feed them fish food, cat/dog biscuits etc and the main thing is to always have something for moisture otherwise they dehydrate and die off prett quick, some people use a dish filled with water with a sponge/gravel init so they can drink but not fall in or they will drown or you can just use lettuce or grass but you must make sure they have fresh grass/lettuce each day so it/they dont dry out. Im using grass at the moment and seems to be ok but they could be getting moisture from the vermiculite as thats alway moved around. once theyre older enough to breed (once the males start cherping) just add a dish with moist sand/vermiculite for them to lay eggs in and replace every couple of days and keep it covered in a warm place and they'l start to hatch in 1-2weeks. with sand ive found it dries out pretty quick so im now using vermiculite and that seems to work much better (you can get that at a hydroponics shop/ sometimes a garden centre/trademe) Ive also herd of people using pumice or a mix of pumice and vermiculite Temperature wise I had mine just sitting ontop of a tropical fish tank and they were about 25 C and bred ok but now I have them in a wooden box with a 40watt light bulb init and temps around 30-32 they grow alot quicker and seem to be breeding flat out but still waiting on my first batch to hatch out from this lot in the coming week or so! Sorry im not to good at explaining things I hope the above makes sense, if you have any further questions fire away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 ive kept bulk crickets with no problem but last lot were small i put them upstairs not thinking its got hotter and even tho the had water all died of heat apart from two med sizes ones so i think it got a little to hot),or they were to small to survive heat(i never had that happen before,but i no now for next time my locust are doing good in the heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 easy once you get the basics sorted....food and water Key is to alway have water source otherwise they die real fast. i use carrot or potato but also chuck in greens that i use for my bd's salads every few days (nasturtians, mustard, parsley, etc etc) other thing is if overcrowded or dry food (cat/dog biscuits) runs out they will eat each other and your numbers can drop considerably witout a trace survive happily at 15C+, i keep my rooms around 25 C but upto 30C is all good if you want to speed them up (just have to be abit more onto it with food and water) hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 hi i was looking at locust set ups can i use my incubator and set it to a temp and just put the crickets eggs in there till they hatch then put them in a container with similar size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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