Fockerslilsis
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All of lizards are killing me with cricket purchases so i REALLY need to breed some stuff lol if anyone can help i would appreciate it!!! 
How can i breed Crickets or Reptiworms???
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Fockerslilsis
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ya i buy my small ones at Petland and my large ones at a local store.... I know i can get more online but i have 5 lizards in my house and 2 are eating 6+ large crickets a day so i figured breeding would be cheapest
ShortStack
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ShortStack
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Put 50 or so crix, different sexes, into a large tub. Put a bin inside with dirt an wait 5 days. Remove bin and place into a separate large tub and keep warm till hatching.
That's just a quick explanation, check the link !
That's just a quick explanation, check the link !
Dave
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Breeding crickets isn't worth the trouble unless you do it large scale, like companies such as Ghann's or Armstrong Cricket Farms. They have literally millions of crickets at any given time.
Honestly though, try the search button before you post topics, I know this one has been addressed. Here you go though...
Cricket breeding is easy for those who keep constant watch over their hatching lil ones. Keep in mind pinhead (baby) crickets are notorious climbers, and die easily if not tended to with food and proper water setup (meaning a cardboard "ladder" leading up to the dish). But a single female can lay hundreds of eggs. So you'll have plenty to practice with.
First step, take natural peat moss, basically pure dirt (not true dirt but looks like it, cleaner than "dirt"), soilless), put it in a 8"x4"x2" container, level off, place cardboard ladders allowing pregnant females (females have the "stinger" on the end allowing them to inject eggs into the soil). Keep the peat moss moist, even while hatching, until finally you'll start noticing lil tiny things smaller than sugar ants, those are your babies, make sure they have plenty of water, and I also like to feed these lil guys a lil bit of everything, finely powdered gutload and fresh veggies, and let the lil guys grow, keep feeding till they grow to the desired size.
Repti-worms are Black Soldier Fly Larvae, and can occur naturally in composting in many states, otherwise keep Reptiworms healthy until they finally pupate and hatch into Black Soldier Flies, keep in a screened enclosure to allow mating in midair, and I like to use moist composting ingredients in the "Breeding Pan", similar to crickets. They will lay eggs, and hatch within a week +- into the larva we know as "Repti-worms", "Calci-worms", or "Phoenix Worms".
I hope this helps.
Dave
SmallPetFeeders.com
Honestly though, try the search button before you post topics, I know this one has been addressed. Here you go though...
Cricket breeding is easy for those who keep constant watch over their hatching lil ones. Keep in mind pinhead (baby) crickets are notorious climbers, and die easily if not tended to with food and proper water setup (meaning a cardboard "ladder" leading up to the dish). But a single female can lay hundreds of eggs. So you'll have plenty to practice with.
First step, take natural peat moss, basically pure dirt (not true dirt but looks like it, cleaner than "dirt"), soilless), put it in a 8"x4"x2" container, level off, place cardboard ladders allowing pregnant females (females have the "stinger" on the end allowing them to inject eggs into the soil). Keep the peat moss moist, even while hatching, until finally you'll start noticing lil tiny things smaller than sugar ants, those are your babies, make sure they have plenty of water, and I also like to feed these lil guys a lil bit of everything, finely powdered gutload and fresh veggies, and let the lil guys grow, keep feeding till they grow to the desired size.
Repti-worms are Black Soldier Fly Larvae, and can occur naturally in composting in many states, otherwise keep Reptiworms healthy until they finally pupate and hatch into Black Soldier Flies, keep in a screened enclosure to allow mating in midair, and I like to use moist composting ingredients in the "Breeding Pan", similar to crickets. They will lay eggs, and hatch within a week +- into the larva we know as "Repti-worms", "Calci-worms", or "Phoenix Worms".
I hope this helps.
Dave
SmallPetFeeders.com
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
All of lizards are killing me with cricket purchases so i REALLY need to breed some stuff lol if anyone can help i would appreciate it!!!
Soldier fly maggots (aka reptiworms / calciworms):
https://www.chameleonforums.com/keeping-breeding-feeders-26128/#post236477
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4979/is_10_7/ai_n28798492/
http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bucket-composter-version-2-1/
Crickets:
http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/
http://www.arbreptiles.com/bugs/crix.shtml
http://www.anapsid.org/crickets.html
Superworms:
http://www.howtobreedsuperworms.com/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-i-breed-my-kingworms-s-19747/#post167475
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/45-super-worm-breeding.html
Mealworms:
http://www.sialis.org/raisingmealworms.htm
Roaches:
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Fockerslilsis
New Member
Thank you SO much!!!
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
If you live near a "wilderness" area where you could collect termites from time to time, that would save you $$ too!
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04JanWellsTermites.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04JanWellsTermites.html
Leezochka
New Member
Easiest way
Works very well for me:
I keep my adult crix in an 10g aquarium with a mesh lid with some empty paper towel card board rolls, fish flakes, dry cat/dog food, and gut loading food, as well as moisture food/gel.
JUST ADD to that, or whatever setup you have, a tupperware container about 2 inches deep, may be 5x5 wide, full of moist (wet really) dirt, or coconut fiber, or any other medium like it. Keep it moist, you will see females (bigger ones with wings and pointy things on their behinds) dig in it in lay eggs in it.
AFTER A WEEK take it out (put a new one in its place) and place it in a plastic opaque bin from home depot (they can't climb these).
KEEP WET in a couple of weeks (up to 3) they will hatch. Place food (fish flakes they love) and moisture source in there - THEY DROWN in smallest of drops, so be careful misting/wetting the dirt and just give them potato or apple slices, or the like. Give them some card board to live in and watch them grow.
REPEAT, ENJOY =)
Works very well for me:
I keep my adult crix in an 10g aquarium with a mesh lid with some empty paper towel card board rolls, fish flakes, dry cat/dog food, and gut loading food, as well as moisture food/gel.
JUST ADD to that, or whatever setup you have, a tupperware container about 2 inches deep, may be 5x5 wide, full of moist (wet really) dirt, or coconut fiber, or any other medium like it. Keep it moist, you will see females (bigger ones with wings and pointy things on their behinds) dig in it in lay eggs in it.
AFTER A WEEK take it out (put a new one in its place) and place it in a plastic opaque bin from home depot (they can't climb these).
KEEP WET in a couple of weeks (up to 3) they will hatch. Place food (fish flakes they love) and moisture source in there - THEY DROWN in smallest of drops, so be careful misting/wetting the dirt and just give them potato or apple slices, or the like. Give them some card board to live in and watch them grow.
REPEAT, ENJOY =)
Justin Ward
Established Member
i see you live in florida, just give Brad Ross a call at Lazy H Bait in LaBelle...i use to get 1000-1500 at a time from him and they always showed up alive and healthy and hardly ever had any die off...i think i was paying $20 shipped for 1000, so .02 a piece is way better than .11 a piece you would pay at a pet store...give him a call and he will work out the cheapest and best way to get you what you need
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