Habitat for crickets

[MartinW]

I was told I need heat and humidity for baby crickets. However, what do I need for 1/4" crickets? As I understand, they are around 2 weeks old and don't know if they are considered babies. Would a dry, unheated tank be good for them (the same way I keep my adult crickets, but in a different tank?).

BTW. Not long ago I was asking questions about hatching crickets and after staring at the vermiculite for ages I saw two tiny little guys crawling around! I hope that will be the first of many! I don't remember who helped me but thanks to those that did!

Martin

[garterguy]

actually they need damp,dark places.just put half an egg carton in there and mist it and put some lettuce under it and there will be tons of babies.ALSO make sure you dont feed any of your herps black crickets make sure they are a light brown color or even white because the black ones have parasites.

[krrc]

black crix are just a diffrent species. (not used with reptiles though) also make sure the crix cages are dry, the only mostiure should be from lettuce or a potato. make sure you use a gut load too.

[Zoe]

black crickets tend to have parasites because they are those most commonly seen in the wild. However, if you were to raise your own black crix they wouldn't have parasites, it's not a species-restricted thing.

Don't mist the cricket cage. It'll stink and mould (very gross). As krrc said, keep them in a dry tank with lettuce, potato, carrot, apple etc, dry cat/dog food or fish food, gut load.

Zoe

[Darlene]

I'm thinking of getting a type of toad &/or lizard. Been reading all the feeder posts & just have to ask............what's gut load ?

[snakedude_03]

if u see ablack one in the bunch.. that might have something wrong with it... but if u see black ones in ur backyard something.. those are like that.. serparate species.. but i might be wrong..:P

[drewlowe]

since when did black crickets contain parasites??? i've never heard anything like that ever.

[Zoe]

Darlene, gutload is just cricket/ mealworm food. It contains calcium and vitamins and all sorts of good stuff. It gives the reptile eating the cricket the nutrients of the cricket's food :).

Drewlowe - I think the notion comes from people catching wild crickets (which are black). Those, of course, have a number of problems... bacteria, parasites, pesticides and so on.

Zoe