HOW LONG TO SMALL CRICKETS TAKE TO GROW?

[lthrbecks]

I've just received my small banded crickets. At present they're too small for my chameleon or red eyed tree frog to possibly eat. I think theyre stage 2. Approximately, how long until they're stage 3 and edible?

Thank you so much for aany help you can give me.

 

[nightanole]

They double in weight every week. So in 2 weeks they will be 4x bigger.

 

[lthrbecks]

My word thats very fast! I was going to order bigger ones as in stage 3 i may not need to now!

As a precaution, I've placed double sided tape around 10 cm from the bottom of the tank. Ive never seen crickets climb successfully before but the vent slots would allow them through! Do you think this will surely prevent anyone escaping?

Thank you

 

[nightanole]

My word thats very fast! I was going to order bigger ones as in stage 3 i may not need to now!

As a precaution, I've placed double sided tape around 10 cm from the bottom of the tank. Ive never seen crickets climb successfully before but the vent slots would allow them through! Do you think this will surely prevent anyone escaping?

Thank you

When you get your iddy biddy cham, the technique is "grow the food with the cham". So your food is growing really fast, but your cham is also doubling in weight every 3-4 weeks

 

[lthrbecks]

Sadly, he's eating less since I stopped buying crickets! Maybe 2 medium hoppers max per day! Ive tried him on banana and red runner roaches, snails, silk and wax worms. All to no avail. I've reluctantly had to buy crickets again. It pains me to admit it as the chirps from the escapees at night, were horrendous! It was actually depressing me due to lack of sleep.
I bought stage 2 banded crickets today, at the minute they're useless as they're too tiny. Ive ordered stage 3 browns. Arghhhh