No cricket babies :(

squeekz1992

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What am I doing wrong?

I have them in a glass terrarium (Goliaths old cage) with a heater for the winter. Soil in the cage along with egg crate and a place to hide. Temps around 75 low humidity. Feeder them superload and fruits and veggies and still no reproduction :(
I don't understand. They have bred on worse conditions.
 
Yep. Or at least I did. I had a high die off rate (not at the fault of Kuzco or Bella) this time. I don't understand :(
 
I found it a lot easier to put them in a tote with vertical.egg crate on one side. on the other put a small container of some sort. I use one dollar frisbees perfect height. Then put damp substrate in it. They will lay there eggs in it for sure. Leave it in the tote for ten days. Then take it out keep warm and mist the dirt. And in about 14-18 days you should see babies. When you take the eggs out you should be able to move the substrate and see tiny white eggs. As long as you don't let them dry up it will work. I had way to many crickets said my girlfriend. You will have tons of them like this. It works
 
I was told from a friend to bumb my temps to mid to high 80's and mine hatched after 2 days with those temps, before it was over a week and still nothing. Once the temps get that high, leave a slight crack in the cover so the water doesnt build up to much on the sides. Make sure to light mist the soil once a day. I hope your little troopers hatch.
 
I have mine in an aquarium with eco earth in the bottom for the females to lay their eggs and keep my tank around 85 to 90 degrees. I keep the earth pretty moist. I always have a lot of pinheads hatch and the crickets seem to live longer too :D
 
Oh! That's what I'm doing wrong! I didn't know to mist the soil!! *face palm* and I will get a bin for the hatchlings!!
 
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