Unusul Cricket Death

[Chamero]

As usual I put 3 crickets into his feeder cup at the beginning of the day. When I returned later this is what I saw. All 3 crickets were from the same cage and this one looked like its guts had been eaten out. What do you think? Was this done by a the other crickets or do I maybe have another bug in my cage?

 

[topknot20]

That would be cricket cannibalism, they do that when the are dehydrated. They eat the guts for moisture. They may do it from lack of food too.

 

[ColorCham427]

I've had this happen...by those ANNOYING tiny ants... ants suuuuck

 

[AndrewH]

i like to just use a wet paper towel for their water, works well for me.

 

[Chamero]

Ok, it just happened so fast so was I kind of shocked. Thought I had some crazy carnivorous bug in my cage. But yea, added some watermelon and carrots to the cages.

 

[Lancecham]

Try putting a piece of apple(or something like that) in the cricket container. This will eliminate crickets eating other. This work really well with superworms.

 

[shrink9]

I encourage you to try Moisture Munchies. Recipe can be found at http://members.tripod.com/~drayco2/MM.html

This uses agar agar which is a vegetable binder. My crickets/worms all love it. I highly recommend it.

I haven't tried it using fruit juice instead of water but one of these days I will. I usually double the recipe which makes a 9 X 13 pan about 1 inch deep. This stuff stores very well in the refrigerator in a covered container. it is odorless and colorless--just like a jellatin.

Well worth trying, folks.