cricket breeding
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ISA my Veiled
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If you are willing to take on a pain in the behind lol you can do it a number of ways. Honestly with all the work it takes to me it is not worth it. I just order my crickets in bulk and call it a day. Personally if you may, go the direction of dubia roaches. But since you want an answer I will post a couple of guides for you. How many pets are you feeding with the crickets by the way?
http://www.frogforum.net/content/culturing-crickets-care-breeding-common-house-cricket-145/
This guide is the best one I have ever run into and it works great for my best friend who feeds over 30 reptiles lol
http://www.frogforum.net/content/culturing-crickets-care-breeding-common-house-cricket-145/
This guide is the best one I have ever run into and it works great for my best friend who feeds over 30 reptiles lol
ISA my Veiled
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Yeah you really should not have to breed them to be honest. What I would do if I were you is order in bulk and just rear your crickets in a colony. You should order a 3/4 inch bulk order and they will grow as he does. Maybe just order 1,000. I go to reptilefood.com and it is wonderful. Amazing customer service as well as crickets. I never have many dead in my order and honestly as I said the customer service is incredible. That is what I would do, I feed my veiled as well as three beardies, 6 leopard geckos, and a crested gecko off of 2k crickets every couple of weeks and we rarely have more than 50 dead crickets in our tubs.
Ryan8283
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heres a pretty good video on how to do it I do pretty much everything the same I just started breeding crickets a couple of months ago and I have thousands of pinheads now lol
(Im not sure who made this video but it wasnt me I dont want to steal anyones credit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNDmNMdxKk
(Im not sure who made this video but it wasnt me I dont want to steal anyones credit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNDmNMdxKk
ISA my Veiled
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Maybe 1000 at a time for you would be to much going back to my previous post. But a bulk order of 500 should last you a few weeks I would imagine.
SpartyTessy
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It is pretty simple to do really. You it is best to have three bins a long with an incubator container but can get away with just two containers.
the best containers to get are the rubbermaid containers. The larger the better. I use the 45 gallon ones. One will be used for the adult container, one for the newborn babies and one for the 1/8" to 3/4" sized crickets. Make sure and place plenty of egg carton material in each bin for them to hide in and such. In the Adult bin in addition to the egg carton material you also want a container of damp dirt for them to lay the eggs in. for the dirt container I use a Ziploc sandwich container. Simply place it in with the adult crickets keeping the organic dirt moist and the bin temperature between 85 and 90 degrees. To help you can place a heat pad underneath the bin. After about 4 days remove the container of dirt and place into the incubator container. Make sure the incubator container stays between 85 and 90 degrees again also placing a heating pad under the bin. Make sure that the dirt stays moist by spraying it a couple times a day or placing a lid with holes on the dirt container. If the dirt stays moist and the temp is between 85 and 90 then after about 4-7 days they will start hatching. After they start hatching remove the lid. In the incubator bin make sure they also have egg carton material so they can hide and some organic food. You can remove the newborn hatchlings whenever you want into the other container that is housing the ones between 1/8" to 3/4". This is all you really need and once you get it going can easily produce 5000 - 10,000 crickets a week.
The most common problem I have seen with people not being able to produce babies is because the temp is not right and the dirt the eggs are in dry out. If you follow these directions before you know it you will have more crickets than you know what to do with.
the best containers to get are the rubbermaid containers. The larger the better. I use the 45 gallon ones. One will be used for the adult container, one for the newborn babies and one for the 1/8" to 3/4" sized crickets. Make sure and place plenty of egg carton material in each bin for them to hide in and such. In the Adult bin in addition to the egg carton material you also want a container of damp dirt for them to lay the eggs in. for the dirt container I use a Ziploc sandwich container. Simply place it in with the adult crickets keeping the organic dirt moist and the bin temperature between 85 and 90 degrees. To help you can place a heat pad underneath the bin. After about 4 days remove the container of dirt and place into the incubator container. Make sure the incubator container stays between 85 and 90 degrees again also placing a heating pad under the bin. Make sure that the dirt stays moist by spraying it a couple times a day or placing a lid with holes on the dirt container. If the dirt stays moist and the temp is between 85 and 90 then after about 4-7 days they will start hatching. After they start hatching remove the lid. In the incubator bin make sure they also have egg carton material so they can hide and some organic food. You can remove the newborn hatchlings whenever you want into the other container that is housing the ones between 1/8" to 3/4". This is all you really need and once you get it going can easily produce 5000 - 10,000 crickets a week.
The most common problem I have seen with people not being able to produce babies is because the temp is not right and the dirt the eggs are in dry out. If you follow these directions before you know it you will have more crickets than you know what to do with.
SpartyTessy
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And to add if you start off with just 200 adult crickets and you make sure the conditions I specified are right in about 2 weeks you could have more than 5000 newborn hatchlings. And in about 40 - 60 days those will become adults providing you an endless supply of crickets of all sizes. If you do not need many then you can start off with a lower amount of adults. That my friend is up to you. I now have more than 30,000 crickets that started off as just 200 adults 
Not ever having to buy crickets again makes it SO worth it.
Not ever having to buy crickets again makes it SO worth it.
ISA my Veiled
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And to add if you start off with just 200 adult crickets and you make sure the conditions I specified are right in about 2 weeks you could have more than 5000 newborn hatchlings. And in about 40 - 60 days those will become adults providing you an endless supply of crickets of all sizes. If you do not need many then you can start off with a lower amount of adults. That my friend is up to you. I now have more than 30,000 crickets that started off as just 200 adults
Yeah you are very good with them. A lot of people have problems breeding them because they don't have the correct supplies like I didn't but if you do it right and are picky about it like Sparty said it is a breeze and you will see results that will take your breath away lol
The guide I posted by the way will give you a visual on what she said, she explained pretty much the same thing. And one other thing, do not gutload with cat or dog food, the protein from animal food like that can be overwhelming for their system to digest and it will be hard for there kidneys I believe to digest properly if there is to much.
SpartyTessy
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Yeah you are very good with them. A lot of people have problems breeding them because they don't have the correct supplies like I didn't but if you do it right and are picky about it like Sparty said it is a breeze and you will see results that will take your breath away lol
Thanks for the kind words but I am a guy lol. I guess my forum name may look otherwise but they are the names of my male and female Cham's. Sparty and Tessy. All good
ISA my Veiled
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Thanks for the kind words but I am a guy lol. I guess my forum name may look otherwise but they are the names of my male and female Cham's. Sparty and Tessy. All good
LMAO how embarrassing for me. Yeah my name seems like a chick name too doesnt it? Thats why I make sure in PM's to put Ben at the end
ZombieChameleon
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Can you post a pic of your cricket set up? What do you feed your crickets? Just like veggies? And I assume you take a few out of your huge. In and gut load them before feeding then to your chams. I'm asking because I'm sick of going to a pet store and paying like 10cents a cricket.
ISA my Veiled
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Yes give me a few minutes to go down and take a picture. They are currently in my reptile room which is lights out at the moment but its no biggie.
ISA my Veiled
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This is my current cricket set up, it is a large 40 gallon bin. I am low on egg flats and crickets but you would want a little more in there for the crickets to have a good amount of space. I gutload with oranges, mangos, potatoes, occasionally kale and green beans.
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ZombieChameleon
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How many can you keep in a tub like that? Like if I wanted to order about 500-1k how much space we talkin here? And I assume you just cut up the top of that your self and screened it your self.
SpartyTessy
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You can keep quite a bit depending on how many egg flats you have in there. I use the large egg flats and stack them pretty high giving them plenty of room. I house about 5,000 in a large 48 gallon one no problem and the deaths are very minimal. What I did was cut about half of the lid and bought some screen at the hardware store and stapled it to the lid.
ISA my Veiled
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You could keep well over 500 in here. I give my girlfriend 1,000 of the crickets I order and she has two tubs to put them in with plenty of egg flats. So normally I keep at least 1,000 in here. But like I said you need a lot more egg plats than that. I only have around I believe 200 crickets in there if that at the moment. And yes I used a kitchen knife and some elbow grease to cut that out of the top
then hot glued the screen to the top. My girlfriend has the same bin I made for her so we have nearly the same set up on top of another 12 gallon bin that is laid out in a similar manner.
SpartyTessy
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LMAO how embarrassing for me. Yeah my name seems like a chick name too doesnt it? Thats why I make sure in PM's to put Ben at the end
LOl like I said no worries I am sure there are others that think I am a female because of the name. Its all good
ISA my Veiled
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LOl like I said no worries I am sure there are others that think I am a female because of the name. Its all good
Awesome
do you have any roaches in Hawaii?
