panthergecko
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how do you keep crickets?
what do you feed your crickets?
do you keep crickets of all sizes?
what do you feed your crickets?
do you keep crickets of all sizes?
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Ozymandias
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it depends are you trying to breed them or just keep the. if just keeping and not breeding a cricket keeper or a steralite container should be fine. i personally don't use crickets but at work (pet store) we feed our crickets carrots it's a healthy for them and provides a source of moisture. for a good food or gutload check out the feeder insect diet & gutload sticky on this sub forums
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Elizabeth Freer
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panthergecko ~
Here are some ideas for keeping crickets:
Feeding crickets and roaches
Feed crickets/roaches food that provides no more than 20% protein and no more than 5% crude fat. Some choices are:
Chicken Laying Mash (feed store)
Fluker Farms High Calcium Cricket Feed
Dry oatmeal
Alfalfa hay (for the 3 wo and older crix)
Collard greens (especially recommended for the high calcium-to-low phosphorous ratio)
Carrots (natural source of beta carotene)
For more information feeding the feeders, go directly to Maurice Pudlo's sticky in the Geckos Unlimited Feeders, Food & Nutrition subforum: Feeder Insect Diets & Gutload
Cricket Care
For crickets I place a supply of the food mentioned above on the bottom of an extra large Kritter Keeper or a plastic 56 quart Sterilite container, add the crickets, add two layers of egg flats, and top with a paper towel. Keep these crickets at room temperature. Spray the paper towel about every other day for moisture or more frequently if the room is hot. Using these methods it is easy to keep crickets alive for a month or so post purchase.
Roach Care
I breed Blaptica dubia in a ten gallon tank with 5 vertically positioned egg flats. The above-mentioned food can be kept in shallow lids to one side of the egg flats. For moisture I dampen a clean medium-size sponge and occasionally spray the flats. In a room which ranges from 67 F/19.5 C upwards, I keep a 40 watt bulb in a reflector dome directly over the screened tank and on 24/7.
Here are some ideas for keeping crickets:
Feeding crickets and roaches
Feed crickets/roaches food that provides no more than 20% protein and no more than 5% crude fat. Some choices are:
Chicken Laying Mash (feed store)
Fluker Farms High Calcium Cricket Feed
Dry oatmeal
Alfalfa hay (for the 3 wo and older crix)
Collard greens (especially recommended for the high calcium-to-low phosphorous ratio)
Carrots (natural source of beta carotene)
For more information feeding the feeders, go directly to Maurice Pudlo's sticky in the Geckos Unlimited Feeders, Food & Nutrition subforum: Feeder Insect Diets & Gutload
Cricket Care
For crickets I place a supply of the food mentioned above on the bottom of an extra large Kritter Keeper or a plastic 56 quart Sterilite container, add the crickets, add two layers of egg flats, and top with a paper towel. Keep these crickets at room temperature. Spray the paper towel about every other day for moisture or more frequently if the room is hot. Using these methods it is easy to keep crickets alive for a month or so post purchase.
Roach Care
I breed Blaptica dubia in a ten gallon tank with 5 vertically positioned egg flats. The above-mentioned food can be kept in shallow lids to one side of the egg flats. For moisture I dampen a clean medium-size sponge and occasionally spray the flats. In a room which ranges from 67 F/19.5 C upwards, I keep a 40 watt bulb in a reflector dome directly over the screened tank and on 24/7.