fester2226
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I'm wondering how much crickets chirp at night
Crickets
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Adults…ALL NIGHT, sub-adult…none
CHEERS!
Nick
CHEERS!
Nick
kwengkynator
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ALOT! They are kinda big pain in the ***. The chirping you can get use to and its actually lovely at times. Makes you feel in the wild. When I was breeding crickets my main complaint was the stench! I would be force to clean them up once a week at least! If I dont the amount of die offs would rise. They are also very jumpy and I've had a few rouges running around the place. If you can get over the stench and the cleaning requirements you should be fine. The fact that these are easily accessible and are very active feeders makes them very attractive starter.
Although I would easily recommend dubia roaches. HANDS DOWN! Just much easier to take care of
Although I would easily recommend dubia roaches. HANDS DOWN! Just much easier to take care of
fester2226
Member
How big are sub adult crickets
mvad
Established Member
Yes, dubias are excellent to keep, gutload well and don't smell. I'm currently getting a colony going. I hope to be self sufficient in the future.
As far as size goes scroll down to see growth chart
http://cricketcare.org/live-crickets/
As far as size goes scroll down to see growth chart
http://cricketcare.org/live-crickets/
junglefries
Avid Member
Buy the medium. They don't chirp, eat more, and by the end of the month they are almost adult size but still don't chirp. Smaller is better for cham anyway. They can eat more of those than large and exercise more.
For me (& my chams) the banded crickets are second to none for chameleon food. These are a staple for my animals. I find them really great for gut loading & they seem to provoke a much better feeding response, than other cricket species, locust or roaches. The only other live foods i have tried, that mine seem to prefer. Are morios & blue/green bottle flies.
Only downside is the noise. I don't have problems with odours, as i don't buy too many in one go & so they are fresh & dont get a chance to stink, before being used.
Only downside is the noise. I don't have problems with odours, as i don't buy too many in one go & so they are fresh & dont get a chance to stink, before being used.
fester2226
Member
Thanks guys I completely overlooked the chirping until today and I'm getting the chameleon Tuesday
AlohaChameleon
New Member
The chirping doesn't bother us. We have been attempting to breed crickets and finally have major success! (Our first attempts failed because of crickets dying prematurely -virus?) Now that we have a solid cricket source we have thousands of pinheads... I imagine they will be much much louder than the batches of 40 we were buying.
