cricket storage?

[opihiman]

I have been reading the recent forums RE cricket care, and understand that freezing is out of the question.
But has anyone tried keeping crickets in the Fridge for any extended period of time. I have mistakenly thrown cricket in there when I first started taking care of Chams, about 3 or 4 hours. They all survived.

I have kept meal worms in the fridge without ill effects also.

I think I am smelling an experiment here.

What do you all think?

OPI

 

[jannb]

I know that crickets like to be really warm.

 

[hawaiianice99]

cricket keeping and mealworm keeping is very different.

 

[opihiman]

I know that crickets like to be really warm.

I agree, but the I guess the idea behind this would be to gut load them and then slow down their metabolism just enough to keep them alive.

And yes I do understand that cricket keeping is different from Meal worms.

OPI

 

[Brian]

If you keep them colder they will die, they do need the heat to properly digest there food.

 

[hawaiianice99]

If you keep them colder they will die, they do need the heat to properly digest there food.

beat me to it.

-how many mealworms do you see in the fridge at the pet store? now how many crix do you see in the fridge? see my point.

 

[Kecleon]

I have a question guy's

If i keep the Crickits in my room at room temp it will do fine as i just understand.
But at night i turn on my AC,and my question is if i keep them in my room at night when my AC is on and would they live through the night? or should i leave them outside?

Cause i want to keep Hoppers instead of Crix and i just wanted to know if i could keep them in my room or outside?


Kecleon

 

[hawaiianice99]

they should be ok. i would just keep them outside cuz they get super loud at night.

 

[Kecleon]

they should be ok. i would just keep them outside cuz they get super loud at night.

Ok,thanks for the Info "hawaiianice99"

 

[rob408]

I'm in SoCal and I keep my crix bin in the garage...perfect for them.

 

[SoCaliSon]

I sometimes stick them in the fridge to slow them down. I hate in when I dump some crix in with my Beardies, Which are in my Bed Room, and the Crickets end up chirpping at night before the Beardies can catch them. The trick I do is gutload them for 48 hours...Then I stick them in the fridge for around an 45 mins... This puts all of the crix to sleep, Now if you leave them in there too long they will die, but around 45 mins brings them out at a stage where they will wake up and slowly crawl away while they warm up. I pour a pile of gutloaded and dusted cold crickets in, and the Beardie loves it! He doesn't have to chase the hopping little buggers around, and I don't have to listen to the ellusive ones at night. I also feed the Beardies hissers and Dubias a few times a week that are awake and kicking so that they can get the mental stimulation of "Punking" their food.

To answer your Question directly... Permanetly storing crickets in the fridge will result in a cup full of dead crix.

My trick is useless when it comes to Chams cause they don't care about the food unless it is moving...at least that is how all mine are.

 

[hawaiianice99]

depending on how many you have, a garbage can is a good way to go.

 

[opihiman]

I sometimes stick them in the fridge to slow them down. I hate in when I dump some crix in with my Beardies, Which are in my Bed Room, and the Crickets end up chirpping at night before the Beardies can catch them. The trick I do is gutload them for 48 hours...Then I stick them in the fridge for around an 45 mins... This puts all of the crix to sleep, Now if you leave them in there too long they will die, but around 45 mins brings them out at a stage where they will wake up and slowly crawl away while they warm up. I pour a pile of gutloaded and dusted cold crickets in, and the Beardie loves it! He doesn't have to chase the hopping little buggers around, and I don't have to listen to the ellusive ones at night. I also feed the Beardies hissers and Dubias a few times a week that are awake and kicking so that they can get the mental stimulation of "Punking" their food.

To answer your Question directly... Permanetly storing crickets in the fridge will result in a cup full of dead crix.

My trick is useless when it comes to Chams cause they don't care about the food unless it is moving...at least that is how all mine are.

Just on a lark I did my own little experiment last night. The cricket survived a 12 hour storage in the refrige. It took a couple of hours for them to start moving around again. There was a 100% survival rate.

However, 75% of the crickets end up not being able to use the Legs properly, almost in some kind of neurological problem if that is possible. They still move around but pretty much stayed in one place. Of this group, there was a 100% mortality rate after 12 hours of being removed from the refer.

All cricket died after about 24 hour of being remove from the refer...

I may try this experiment for a 24 storage, just to see how far the refer time can be pushed.

OPI