how often do you buy your crickets?

[XxRachxX]

if u buy your supply of crickets once a week for example, wouldnt they all start breeding?

so how often do u go to the shop and buy them? cuz i really dont wanna go to the shop every day!! confuzzled

[snakedude_03]

i feed crested geckos only.. and i go get them crickets like every 2 weeks.. my crickets arent that old.. only 1/2 inches.. so they arent exactly old enough to breed..

[XxRachxX]

woo! wasnt expecting that fast of a reply!
so maybe if i get younger crickets but more of them, then they wouldnt breed and if they grew they wouldnt get too big....??..::shrugs::

[Mark]

i go every 2 weeks and get 1000 large crickets. they don't breed much because they get eaten very fast.

[Jeff_Favelle]

I don't buy crickets, I breed them, and they are usually around 5-7 weeks old before they start to lay eggs. Eggs take 7-16 days to hatch at 85F.

[silke]

i buy about once a month and get small (but not pinhead)
my small leos get most the first couple weeks and then as the crix get too big for them they get mealies and the adult leo and my beardie get the larger crix...
the larger crix may lay eggs but they aren't in the holding tank long enough for them to breed and i scrub it out before the next batch of incoming