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02-16-03, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
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Cricket Breeding
I know how to breed crickets but my crickets used to grow fast to adult stage but i have had them for about to weeks and they have not grown yet.Does anyone know how i can speed up this process?Does anyone know where i can get live crickets in bulk?Thanks.
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02-16-03, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: Ottawa
Age: 39
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Feed them lots of food, and keep them in a fairly warm area. Best foods are store-bought cricket food, and you can also give them veggies and fish food.
Where do you live?
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02-17-03, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Ontario
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I actually feed my crickets the left over powder build up from my rat feed, oatmeal, vegtables and fruits. (they seem to really like the zucchinni)For other water supply I use a container with a cricket door cut out on the side and cotton balls soaked with water but no actuall water level so they will not drown this gets changed twice a week.
Christina
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02-17-03, 06:10 PM
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I'am from Manitoba,Canada.The crickets here are 40 cents each.That's alot so i'am trying to breed them.I feed them a mixture of newt food (i feed them this beacuse it has the D3 calcium in it),fish flakes,small cut up apples,lituce,cellery and i mostine it wil a spray bottle.I also have 2 pieces of an apple in there with cotten balls soaked in water.I have 2 yogert containers in there for the eggs and some egg flats.Is it alright if i put a small light bulb about a foot from the cage and would that make them grow faster?Thanks.
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02-25-03, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
Location: uk
Age: 41
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use bran it's cheap
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03-05-03, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: P.E.I., Canada
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I have a question about cricket breeding.... how do you do it? Crickets get expensive for me too, so I want to get in on producing them myself. Thanks!
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03-05-03, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Age: 42
Posts: 163
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I have the opposite problem in that the crickets that I feed my red-eyes end up breeding in the tank if they don't get eatin on the first night!!!
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03-05-03, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
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Instead of usingcicket gel to water the crickets could I just use moist paper towel?I'am using a 2.5 gallon aquarium right now but i'am going to get a rubbermaid container.How big should the rubbermaid contaner be?Thanks.
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03-05-03, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
Location: Kansas City
Age: 48
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Cotton balls soaked with water works very well! and alot cheaper than gell!
And a cheap 9 dollar glass tank with a screen lid works wonders..A 75w bulb on top gives plenty of heat and small box of dirt and some paper towl or toliet paper rolls and you have a great cricket breeding tank!
That link I posted tells ya everything u need and cost very little, pays for itself fast!
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03-06-03, 05:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: P.E.I., Canada
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thanks Xetox!
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03-06-03, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
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Would a rubbermaid container do the samething?Thanks.
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03-06-03, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Victoria,BC, Canada
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Well, I am not sure what you ment by "moistening" but crickets like to be dry, so, lettuce, newt food, fish food, apples, etc. is fine, and just keep a little lid wih wet paper towel on it, or a little "box" liek above... a rubbermaid would be fine, but cut a large square out of the lid, and hot-glue some screen over the hole. Put a light right above that (100W is good, I have heard, but I use a 75W) so the crickets stay at least 78F, you mgiht want to keep them in a warm are with a light...
Yeah.
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03-06-03, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Nr. Mission, British Columbia
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Whilst I don't usually breed crickets, I buy large amounts on a weekly basis and also need to keep them well fed.... I cut up orange and replace daily, this gives them the necessary moisture and seems to keep them from smelling too bad.!! Hope this helps
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03-06-03, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Victoria,BC, Canada
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Holy... I jsut realized... 40 cents a cricket!?!? try ordering large amounts of crickets from Port Credit Pet Center, and have them shipped, or order from wherever ships them... My pet store is 10 cents a cricket, and I thought that was a bit much!
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