mating crickets

[booge]

my pet store just went under and the only thing around me now is petsmart and petco and i am most def not paying 12 cents a cricket. I want to buy a large shipment online ,say 500, and i guess "grow" my own. If theres any one out there with some good advice for doing this ,help me out thanks.

 

[blackbetty]

I put a buttload of crickets in a tub with some dirt. The females lay eggs in the dirt (bed a beast is what I use) and 10 days later you have pinheads. If you want to seclude the pinheads, instead of putting down bedding in the tub, just put a small dish with soil in it and the females will go in there to lay and then you can remove it like every 2 days and put it somewhere else and keep an eye on it so youll have a separate container of pinheads. I keep mine in a small critter carrier if I do the bowl method. My crickets and roaches live together in harmony in an open top rubbermaid tub. Simple.

 

[Syn]

Why not get dubia instead? They don't smell as badly as crickets and they are far easier to breed.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Do both crickets and roaches variety is the spice of life eh?

Crickets: http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/ (caution: Baby crickets can climb up glass and most plastic walls)

Roaches (general): http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=54
http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/Roaches/
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/caresheets/cockroach.html

Turkish Roach: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/94-turkistan-roach-care-sheet.html
http://www.nyworms.com/turkistancare.htm

Madagascar Hissing Roach: https://www.chameleonforums.com/madagascar-hissing-roach-14584/ (caution - these ones climb)

Also easy to breed are superworms/zophobas: https://www.chameleonforums.com/can-i-breed-my-19747/

 

[Chamero]

I agree with sandra... they both are pretty easy to breed.

 

[blackbetty]

My crickets dont smell and I keep both together as I stated.. easy..

In my case, the crickets breed faster than the dubias..i dont have alarge stock of dubias nor do I jack up the temps to increase their breeding as nothing really eats them right now.My pygmys will if I cup feed but, thats about it so I dont have a need for an abundant amount of dubias like I do crickets for my frogs and pygmys.

 

[booge]

Right now i have a large rubbermaid with a screen top and egg crate do i need some type of heating. How long does it take a pinhead to reach adulthood. Lastly one of the biggest things im worried about is the smell of dead rotting crickets, Let me know people, Thanks.