DYING CRICKETS

[Blizzy07]

Whats your favorite feeders for a panther?

 

[NashansCamos]

Whats your favorite feeders for a panther?

meh... variety is best. locusts are good, dubias, bsf/l, silkworms.

 

[NashansCamos]

here is a good sheet.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

no I don't feed crickets to my chams

Wait... so... you have crickets that you don't feed, and don't feed to your chameleon? R..i..g..h..t. ?

 

[NashansCamos]

Wait... so... you have crickets that you don't feed, and don't feed to your chameleon? R..i..g..h..t. ?

what? what do you mean?

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

what? what do you mean?

You're messin' wif me, aren't you?

 

[NashansCamos]

You're messin' wif me, aren't you?

no, i genuinely don't know what youre talking about

 

[NashansCamos]

Wait... so... you have crickets that you don't feed, and don't feed to your chameleon? R..i..g..h..t. ?

klyde pls explain lol

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

no, i genuinely don't know what youre talking about

Nevermind. Going back to reconstruct, I see I misconstrued your statement, "perfect example why i don't feed them!" to mean you didn't feed the crickets, rather than you don't feed crickets to your cham.
Mea culpa.

 

[NashansCamos]

Nevermind. Going back to reconstruct, I see I misconstrued your statement, "perfect example why i don't feed them!" to mean you didn't feed the crickets, rather than you don't feed crickets to your cham.
Mea culpa.

basically when I said that I meant "perfect example why i don't feed crickets to my chams" in response to nightanoles post of thay fart themselves ect ect

 

[NashansCamos]

I see I misconstrued your statement, "perfect example why i don't feed them!" to mean you didn't feed the crickets, rather than you don't feed crickets to your cham.

no no I don't have crickets lol. I don't feed them to my chams. I never have.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Yeah. I got that.
Just one of those little internet misunderstandings that topple civilizations and start intergalactic wars...

 

[chamnub]

Anyone any ideas why so many of my crickets are dying daily. They're well fed, warm, watered and lots of room. Strange!

This is a common problem, and it's why I mostly feed dubias and and supplement with a rotation of superworms, hornworms, and waxworms. When I feed crickets I just buy them cuz I don't have a lot of herps. You can cut down on cricket casualties by making sure it is not too humid and I've read that some keepers use vermiculite as a substrate to breed crickets which helps neutralize their smell and seems to help give the waste somewhere to go. I have NOT tried this, I read about it. I don't mind the cricket noise but when you combine that with the smell and their delicate constitution I don't want to bother...dubias are just better nutritionally anyway.

 

[DocZ]

Maybe I have the best source for banded crickets ever, but I rarely have losses. I was out of town for 6 days this week. I fed the crickets and roaches before I left, and had one cricket casualty while I was gone (and he became hermit crab food)

I feed my gut load foods to my crickets daily and keep them in a plastic cricket bin. I don’t have hundreds so that certainly cuts down on the stink, and possibly the losses

 

[lthrbecks]

Thank you so much for your help it's much appreciated

 

[jamest0o0]

Maybe I have the best source for banded crickets ever, but I rarely have losses. I was out of town for 6 days this week. I fed the crickets and roaches before I left, and had one cricket casualty while I was gone (and he became hermit crab food)

I feed my gut load foods to my crickets daily and keep them in a plastic cricket bin. I don’t have hundreds so that certainly cuts down on the stink, and possibly the losses

Anytime I've gotten from ghanns they've been like this. I had banded crickets from them for what seemed like a month or longer. They never seem to smell either.

 

[lthrbecks]

I've never had an issue of smelly crickets!

 

[MissSkittles]

Anytime I've gotten from ghanns they've been like this. I had banded crickets from them for what seemed like a month or longer. They never seem to smell either.

What is your secret to your crickets not stinking? I get from Ghann’s and keep in a massive plastic tote with vermiculite, but after a week they reek. They live a good long time until they meet the beardie but their stink makes me want to ?

 

[jamest0o0]

What is your secret to your crickets not stinking? I get from Ghann’s and keep in a massive plastic tote with vermiculite, but after a week they reek. They live a good long time until they meet the beardie but their stink makes me want to ?

I had ventilation on the sides and top and didn't use vermiculite, just barebottom with paper towel rolls. They never smelled, at all.

 

[mujino]

Ugh. My crix just started to smell so bad over the weekend I had to put them outside. I walked in the room and almost pitched.