Syn
Avid Member
Unfortunately I don't have a real supply of mullberry leaves around here. I will have to look around. I'll check into the rubbermaid container.. I love small craft projects like that...
:( My first bad experience w/crickets.
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jamncristian
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by the way why are you bying locally??
can you not buy online?? It is WAY cheaper
can you not buy online?? It is WAY cheaper
Syn
Avid Member
HEY NOW is that a fat joke?!?!You didn't happen to place the bag on the drivers seat before getting in the car and driving home, did you? That would explain a lot.
Oh jeez you guys.
Syn
Avid Member
Yes, I am. I can't really purchase online, I've tried to before and I'm just not good at keeping anything other than roaches.. unfortunately no one local to me would want to go halves.
kongchi
New Member
I just went to Wal-Mart a few weeks back and bought a Sterilite tub for $4.50 and my pops also bought a 10Gal tank for like $10 at petco, we order about 1000 crickets at a time from LLL, and split them up into those. Strange enough, the ones we put in the Sterilite tub (its a red tub) grow bigger than the ones we raise in the 10 gal tank.
Psi
New Member
I just keep my crickets in a 29g tall aquarium with a appropriately sized screen top.
Then leave that container in the bathroom in a shower tub we never use.
The odd escape cricket can't climb out of the tub.
The smell itself I can only tell when it's a stinky batch of crickets, I can actually tell which supplier provided the crickets based on the smell at this point (yes, I agree, that's rather disgusting. I'm not overly proud of this)
Then leave that container in the bathroom in a shower tub we never use.
The odd escape cricket can't climb out of the tub.
The smell itself I can only tell when it's a stinky batch of crickets, I can actually tell which supplier provided the crickets based on the smell at this point (yes, I agree, that's rather disgusting. I'm not overly proud of this
)
Symbiot
New Member
Wow, that sucks! 70 crickets gone just like that. Reminds me that I'm almost out of crickets myself.
I saw some hornworms on some tomatoe plants we're growing out in the yard a couple weeks ago, but they were too big to feed my little 3 month old cham. I'm gonna look for any eggs on the leaves and try to hatch them that way. Seems like a good snack for him, I can tell that he's getting tired of eating crickets all the time.
I saw some hornworms on some tomatoe plants we're growing out in the yard a couple weeks ago, but they were too big to feed my little 3 month old cham. I'm gonna look for any eggs on the leaves and try to hatch them that way. Seems like a good snack for him, I can tell that he's getting tired of eating crickets all the time.
kongchi
New Member
I heard the ones fresh off tomato plants have toxins in them, good thing you didn't feed them to you cham.
jamncristian
Established Member
just do the same thing you are going to do with the
cricket transporter with a bigger container
I keep my crickets in a rubbermaid container with
screen in the front and screen on the top.
And my die off rate has significantly dropped since I made the change
Most people dont know that when a cricket dies it
releases a gas that will kill the other crickets if the
container is not properly ventilated.
cricket transporter with a bigger container
I keep my crickets in a rubbermaid container with
screen in the front and screen on the top.
And my die off rate has significantly dropped since I made the change
Most people dont know that when a cricket dies it
releases a gas that will kill the other crickets if the
container is not properly ventilated.
Lizardlover
New Member
Stick insects breed fast but you gotta wait 6 months for them to hatch. Dont worry Sabrina Ill hook you up when I send out your isopods
Psi
New Member
The key thing there is properly vented container.
You never see the cataclysmic die off when a few crickets flop over then if they were in something sealed.
Syn
Avid Member
I wish I had a spare bathtub that I never used!I just keep my crickets in a 29g tall aquarium with a appropriately sized screen top.
Then leave that container in the bathroom in a shower tub we never use.
The odd escape cricket can't climb out of the tub.
The smell itself I can only tell when it's a stinky batch of crickets, I can actually tell which supplier provided the crickets based on the smell at this point (yes, I agree, that's rather disgusting. I'm not overly proud of this
I will probably try something similar to this. I have a 50 gallon I'm not using but it has a hole I sealed up and resulted in me having to seal it up.. crickets can climb on that. Be careful when you do that. As stated tomato leaves are toxic to chameleons.
That is way too cool information. That has been stored in my data bank.
I am giddy with excitement!
Kbullock
New Member
Poor dead food
I had the same experience and ended up just looking on craigslist for a cracked or used fish tank then I cleaned it out and its a 40 gallon for only $20 which was well worth it now my crickets are live and well.. ANyone know where to buy the walking sticks? I have not tried them before but if they breed well and stay quiet and not too smelly then I'm in.
I had the same experience and ended up just looking on craigslist for a cracked or used fish tank then I cleaned it out and its a 40 gallon for only $20 which was well worth it now my crickets are live and well.. ANyone know where to buy the walking sticks? I have not tried them before but if they breed well and stay quiet and not too smelly then I'm in.
JohnnyD
New Member
I use a clear Steralite container and just leave the lid open. I don't have problems with escapees at all. I did not cut it and install screen. A little cricket crack and some water gel or fresh papaya and they grow like weeds. Coldbloods has excellent crickets and great prices. Clean out the dead ones every week and they stay fat and healthy. 1000 last a while. If not, split them with a cham buddy.
RAINBOW PANTHERS
New Member
dead crickets
egg carton is always good and keeping them in a cool place.
egg carton is always good and keeping them in a cool place.
Symbiot
New Member
Thanks for the heads up. I actually read this a couple days after I had found the hornworms so it's actually a good thing that I was not able to feed them to little Tony.
I was planning on taking the eggs hatching them then feeding them different non-toxic leaves so that they would be safe for my little chameleon.
