Cricket question

[andy27012]

i was wondering how long everyone chills there crickets to slow them down? Do you guys put them in the freezer or fridge? I stuck an order of 500 in the freezer for five minutes or so and lost half of them. I have an additional 500 on the way and really dont want to lose as many this time around.

 

[Damicofam6]

i was wondering how long everyone chills there crickets to slow them down? Do you guys put them in the freezer or fridge? I stuck an order of 500 in the freezer for five minutes or so and lost half of them. I have an additional 500 on the way and really dont want to lose as many this time around.

I dont cool mine at all. I buy 500 at a time and have them in an old 20 gallon tank in my garage. I actually put a small heat mat in there because i was losing so many due to the cold.

 

[andy27012]

I only chill them upon arrival to make them easier to transfer to the container I keep them in. Once they are in there home I keep them under a heat lamp. From what I have read online 10 minutes in the fridge is enough but should not hurt them.

 

[marley patches]

I order 2,000 at a time and never chill to transfer ,I have 2 large plastic containers and put half in each one,,, they tend to eat each other if too many in one container

 

[Andee]

If you are putting them into the freezer to cool them down I honestly would only put them in for 30 seconds to 1 minute at most, 5 minutes is way too long, it's not surprising you lost so many.

 

[nick barta]

Andy,

Dump the box into a plastic trash bag, then dump the crickets out of the plastic trash bag into your cricket container.

CHEERS!

Nick