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12-30-02, 09:39 PM
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Location: BC
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Cricket raisng and stuff....
There was a thread here a while back that I never got around to posting to regarding raising your own crickets. In my mind and for mysituation its the only way to go. As we all know, breeding crickets is a cinch. Its the raising them that's hard. Well its not that hard. What's harder for me is to go buy crickets for 10 lizards that eat 20-40 crickets a day. That's around 300 crickets a day, or two $30 boxes a week! $240 a month for lizard food? No thanks.
We raise over 10,000 every 3 weeks here and we get them to adult size in 3-4 weeks (crank their temps to 85-90F and they grow like mad). Its the only way to go if you need more than a few boxes a month.
These guys are 2 weeks old and look at the size of them!
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12-30-02, 11:12 PM
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WOW Jeff an Albino in the cup on the left lol man i had 2 say that and ya im bored lol 
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12-31-02, 12:19 AM
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OOoooohh I better go grab it and cross it with the pastel I kept back last generation!
Ha ha, too funny HF!! Thanks, that made my night!! 
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01-01-03, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: Dawson Creek B.C.
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Hey jeff how do you get the crics to breed. Mine just die right off.
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1.1 crested gecko ( cresty and sticky!)
0.0.1 crested baby
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01-03-03, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec-2002
Location: IL
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woha i want to start breeding mealies what do you think?
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0.1-snake,a burmese
and a corn snake i gonna get
i like punk rock!!
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01-03-03, 08:28 PM
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As soon as mine get wings (4-5 weeks) they start breeding. The females then lay eggs a week later for 2 consecutive weeks. When I know the soil is saturated with eggs, I feed off the adults. That way the crickets never die off.
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01-05-03, 01:54 AM
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Location: The Island
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A couple Q's. How do you heat the cage? And what are the conditions of the dirt(temp, moisture etc..). I SUCK* at breeding the damn things and am even worse at keeping the younins alive. Any help would be great, im tired of dealing with pet stores
Thanks,
Kyle
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01-05-03, 04:31 AM
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Cage is heated because it sits on top of the monitor cages in the monitor room (which has an ambient of 75F). I keep the soil damp by using a layer of wet newspaper on the bottom, and a layer of wet paper towel on the top. The soil stays at the right moisture levels until the eggs hatch, and then it usually dries out a couple of weeks later. Its a fine line, and is really cage-specific. I just keep an eye on them every 2 days or so. We produce easily over 10,000 crickets every month. Its easy man, but I would never do it in my house! No frickin' way!
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01-05-03, 05:09 AM
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Location: The Island
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Thanks, im going to give it another try. It is in my house but i figure all the loose spiders will kill all the escapees. Thanks again.
Kyle
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01-05-03, 05:43 AM
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Ha ha, or you could get some Alligator Lizards and Wall Lizards and set them loose. Or get a resident Tokay to get the escapees! Ha ha!
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01-06-03, 06:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2002
Location: Southern Ontario
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crickets
Jeff what do you feed your crickets? I have no problem breeding and hatching them, I just can't get them to grow very fast. Any help would be greatly apprieciated. Thanks Leona
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01-06-03, 08:38 PM
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