Help ! Almost all Crickets Dying !!!
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kruler
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Thanks. I already found that site but they want $25 for shipping to Canada.
cliff_f
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I might be the only one that complains on this board but many people agree with my opinion.
I when I kept roaches I had many geckos that would not eat them, when you put them in a cage the roaches hide in the substrate and cage furniture before the geckos have a chance to eat them then you end up with a huge population of roaches in the cage. Even when you think you have cleaned all of them out you will still find some. They are easy to breed but a pain to separate and feed. I guess if you only have a couple animals they wouldn't take to long to separate them for a few animals. When you have a nice size collection I had better things to do with my life then sit around with all my spare time to separate roaches for feeding time. With crickets it is so much easier to have all the right sizes separated as you breed them. There that is basically it I agree they are a good food source but unless you like inconvenience in your life they are not worth it. I still don't understand how anyone with a nice size collection is willing to put up with roaches. I tried them hated them will never go back. I wasted my money on a nice size colony only to throw them out.
There Ethan does that make you happy now. I have heard all the "disadvantages" of crickets and I completely disagree. Most of the problems that people have with crickets is they set them up wrong.
I when I kept roaches I had many geckos that would not eat them, when you put them in a cage the roaches hide in the substrate and cage furniture before the geckos have a chance to eat them then you end up with a huge population of roaches in the cage. Even when you think you have cleaned all of them out you will still find some. They are easy to breed but a pain to separate and feed. I guess if you only have a couple animals they wouldn't take to long to separate them for a few animals. When you have a nice size collection I had better things to do with my life then sit around with all my spare time to separate roaches for feeding time. With crickets it is so much easier to have all the right sizes separated as you breed them. There that is basically it I agree they are a good food source but unless you like inconvenience in your life they are not worth it. I still don't understand how anyone with a nice size collection is willing to put up with roaches. I tried them hated them will never go back. I wasted my money on a nice size colony only to throw them out.
There Ethan does that make you happy now. I have heard all the "disadvantages" of crickets and I completely disagree. Most of the problems that people have with crickets is they set them up wrong.
Riverside Reptiles
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That does make me happy Cliff. No need to take things personally. I just don't find it very helpful to say that something sucks without saying why. Everything in life has advantages and disadvantages. As for your issue with separating sizes, I have quite a good sized collection as well and certainly don't have time for messing with separating roaches either. I simple went to walmart, bought a set of cheap mixing bowls, and drilled holes in them to the various sizes of roaches I want. So, I just dump the roaches into a bowl, give a quick shake, and the smaller ones fall through the holes, the larger ones stay in. Very simple. I find the advantages of roaches to outweigh any disadvantage. Things like having a longer intestinal tract which holds more gut load for longer period of time, much higher meat to shell ratio, and the ability to just put them in a bowl and place them in an enclosure without having to worry about them crawling out all make for an easier, more healthy feeding experience IMO. But to each their own. Crickets serve their purpose. And I still use them as feeders for variety. But not to the extent where I have to breed them any more.
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JeffG
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Great thread. I am going through the same thing right now. I purchased a discoid colony a few months ago to phase out crickets. Ive only got around 10 dedicated insect eaters, but it was getting too exspensive running to the store every couple days and getting a hundred crickets at a time.
I figured with the roaches i could have appropriate sized food anytime even for hatchlings. The colony is producing like crazy but alot of my geckos just act plain dumb when it comes to eating them. Before they could get track em, the roaches would be under substrate to hide forever. Im currently offering them in dishes, which is helping. Unfortunately they all seem to stack on top of each other and a few manage to get out of the dishes.
A little more work than i was expecting as far as sorting goes, but nothing too horrendous. I tap the egg crates over a big sweater box, throw the bigger adults and juvies back into their home, and put the rest for feeding into a smaller container with some veggies and gutload until later that evening. As i said, its more work than i was expecting for such a small group of geckos, but its worth it.
Crickets are alot easier but i got tired of the constant dying and stink they produce.
I figured with the roaches i could have appropriate sized food anytime even for hatchlings. The colony is producing like crazy but alot of my geckos just act plain dumb when it comes to eating them. Before they could get track em, the roaches would be under substrate to hide forever. Im currently offering them in dishes, which is helping. Unfortunately they all seem to stack on top of each other and a few manage to get out of the dishes.
A little more work than i was expecting as far as sorting goes, but nothing too horrendous. I tap the egg crates over a big sweater box, throw the bigger adults and juvies back into their home, and put the rest for feeding into a smaller container with some veggies and gutload until later that evening. As i said, its more work than i was expecting for such a small group of geckos, but its worth it.
Crickets are alot easier but i got tired of the constant dying and stink they produce.