breeding crickets

[Solid Snake]

Hey last night i was thinking i could really do this, since i have an extra 4 gal tank and i'm gonna get an ackie soon.

the quetion is, how do i breed them? and how do u guys manage to have the babies to grow up to adults if the adults eat the babies in the tanks?

[Siretsap]

visit www.wyzza.ca there is a section where he explains how to breed crickets.

Edit: sorry I tought there would be an english version to the how to, but there isn't.

It would need more than a 4 gallon to breed the crickets, more like 3 to 4 containers

[wyz]

Sirptsapt.. ;)

funny you mention that... I'm looking for a translator for my help sheets. Sure I'm bilingual, but lazy. :)

Interested ? ;)

WYZ

[PDDM]

Wow!Sweet Fellow Quebecers!Unfortunately Im Horribly Un-Bilingual,As in I cant speak A Word of french,Yes its sad,I was even born here and dont understand it,But back to the topic:

How many Crickets Do you Need to start Breeding,And Theses Guys STINK,Nothing Like crickets to stink Up the whole room,Then you clean and next day it smells again oiy...thats why i switched to mealworms,way less smell and i find i get more faster)

[jadegrasse]

I used 40 gallon Rubber Maide containers with 15W lights and sub 'tank' heaters. They are not too difficult to breed and raise but I gave up on them and now breed roaches (lobster and cave) and meal worms. Crickets are too much of a pain to breed compared to the others. I found that anything that likes crickets will like lobster roaches as well.

Alain

Reptilecanada.com

[meow_mix450]

Ya trust me its pain to raise but easy to breed, i can only raise them to pin heads! But thats the size i need, but they never get bigger in my care lol

O ya tanks dont work, when babys hatch they can climb on the gule stuff and get out, happened to me lol

Meow

[Will]

Check out this link (http://chamownersweb.com/insects/cricketbrdng.htm) for info on how to breed crix.

I modified it a bit, since that set-up will produce 1000's of crickets a week, and you won't need that many. I kept about 3 dozen adult crickets in my breeding tub, and added 6-10 medium sized crix every week to keep enough breeders in there - once they reach breeding age they die pretty quickly after that. That many gave me a couple hundred a week(I gave some away). I also used a smaller tub - not the rubbermaid shoebox, the one a little bigger than that one - forget what it's called... Also, I didn't bother with water, just fresh lettuce and oranges every couple days.

Anyways, that link will explain all the details, just change some of the sizes and it doesn't require a lot of work. BUT, BE PREPARED FOR ESCAPES! Put them somewhere fairly warm where it won't matter if a couple get out and chirp, because no matter what, some WILL get out and if it's, oh say, in your bedroom, it'll drive you nuts(did you know they can burrow under carpet...?) - trust me... ;)