How about cricketsicles?

[justjumpit621]

So long story short Molly needs to be force fed and I have been freezing the crickets to make it easier to feed her. I was thinking, anyone hear about the woolly mammoth that was discovered frozen in ice with all flesh and fur intact and preserved, along with the food in it's stomach? Well I wonder if the same thing would happen with crickets. If I freeze each meal in individual ice cubes will it preserve them better than just freezing them? I find that freezing them makes them a bit chewy and the exoskeleton is tougher, elastic like.

 

[pssh]

Try smashing them into a paste and feed her the paste? Or hold them by both back legs so they can't jump and squirm away then feed them to her.

 

[Julirs]

Why not just feed live crickets as was intended?

 

[justjumpit621]

she likes to spit them out. So they hop away, and sometimes messily, when she bites them hard enough to have guts come out.

 

[justjumpit621]

I also have a hard time keeping/breeding them... everything is right, but I keep killing them =(

 

[pssh]

It could be the supplier, good crickets live longer. Feed her over a tub?

 

[justjumpit621]

I have been getting them from two different places. No it's me. I but them in the freezer for a couple minutes to slow them down so i can get some out and work with them but I have ADHD and forget about them a lot. By the time I remember it's been about 10 mins and they're dead =P

 

[panthercham]

Have you tried silkworms......they are slower and softer and would also hydrate her

Edit: I wouldnt use them as a staple though

 

[justjumpit621]

I don't have money at the moment but when I get a ft job I should be able to order some silkies and hornworms.

 

[pssh]

In the misc for sale section there are some pretty cheap silkworms. If you ask for the largest and breed them you'd only have to pay for chow.

 

[Dwinger]

In the misc for sale section there are some pretty cheap silkworms. If you ask for the largest and breed them you'd only have to pay for chow.

how do you breed them? just have them in a big tub?