Question about crickets

[i3uildabear]

So I have a chameleon and as you all know you feed chameleon bugs well like any other simple chameleon owner I feed them crickets and I give them food supplies like the orange cubes so they don't starve and so when they die what should I do with them because they smell bad and I don't like bugs at all but I deal with them since I love my chameleon so much so my main question is what should I do with them also I have egg cartons and some crickets like to hard so I'm scare to put y hand on there and sorry for all the spelling errors I'm on my phone so there will be alot

 

[mikouba]

Use the gloves you use for cleaning toilet (not the same one of course). I use those aswell.

 

[jamjam]

Don't quote me on this but I believe a lot of people advise using those orange cubes you mentioned. Do you gutload your feeders? feeding them will cause less death, which means less cleaning and smell. As well its needed for your chameleon's diet.

Gloves and paper towel sound like one of the easier better ways to clean

 

[Rottsko]

You need to ditch those cubes and provide a good wet and dry gutload for the crickets. Make sure the cricket keeper is clean and maintained. You got a pet that eats live insects so you're going to have man up! it's only crickets, they can't ha you.

 

[chameleongirl66]

I hate the smell etc as well.... I'm a big girlie and hate bugs....but it has to be done....lol

We have 2 cricket keepers for them. I usually use gloves and paper towels as well. We make sure we use the orange cubes as well as the yellow quenchers stuff for them. Usually they get eaten before they die now. It helps that we have day geckos & lizards that eat them too.

 

[Rottsko]

I hate the smell etc as well.... I'm a big girlie and hate bugs....but it has to be done....lol



We have 2 cricket keepers for them. I usually use gloves and paper towels as well. We make sure we use the orange cubes as well as the yellow quenchers stuff for them. Usually they get eaten before they die now. It helps that we have day geckos & lizards that eat them too.

Just my recommendation...Those cubes aren't really good gutloads. There are many recipes for good homemade gutloads or you can buy premade gutloads such as cricket crack as your dry gutload and bug burger as your wet gutload. What you put into your crickets is what you get out of your chams health.

 

[APBMM veil charm]

Where can you buy that good pre made gut load ?

 

[Rottsko]

Just my recommendation...Those cubes aren't really good gutloads. There are many recipes for good homemade gutloads or you can buy premade gutloads such as cricket crack as your dry gutload and bug burger as your wet gutload. What you put into your crickets is what you get out of your chams health.

I sell Cricket crack on my website and you can purchase bug burger at other reptile websites.