All my crickets died because it was too cold in my garage.
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Not really sure how you expect us to answer that, even Bob Villa may need some more specifics.
it should do the job somewhat, put the crickets
near the heater and monitor the temp. and make adjustments as needed.
if not move crickets inside.
the heater most likely will not heat your entire garage.
Garages are cold places, are you going to keep this heater on 24/7?
near the heater and monitor the temp. and make adjustments as needed.
if not move crickets inside.
the heater most likely will not heat your entire garage.
Garages are cold places, are you going to keep this heater on 24/7?
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Can you not keep the crickets in the same room as your t's?
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They need to be at least room temp... basement, maybe? I've had pinheads die in the FALL on a cool day from the walk between the petstore and my car!
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I don't know how big your garage is, but I would think if you had the cage(s) a reasonable distance from the heater it might help.
I used to keep my cricket bins in the sunroom when it was warmer, but after Fall I started to notice most were slowing down and dying. I brought them inside my room and when I got 200 adults from an online store to breed them, I put a medical heating pad against the inside of the bin. Last time we had a space heater, our power bill doubled. :8o
I used to keep my cricket bins in the sunroom when it was warmer, but after Fall I started to notice most were slowing down and dying. I brought them inside my room and when I got 200 adults from an online store to breed them, I put a medical heating pad against the inside of the bin. Last time we had a space heater, our power bill doubled. :8o
Yeah I plan on buying a heater and putting it near my cricket container, but I won't have the heater on 24/7, will that be a problem?
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It would probably be more economical to do localized heating on the cricket container rather than heat the entire garage. I don't know what you use to house them, but you can get a rheostat for $10 and can make a heat pad using flex watt for about $5 (if you were in Norcal I could wire you one for almost nothing, I have a few spare feet). You could also simply use a ceramic heat emitter (CHE) (about $20 online up to 250W) or flood light (up to about $12 at Home Depot or Lowes) in a hood ($10-15 at home depot or your local pet store). I believe LLL reptile has a location somewhat near San Diego (if not in San Diego) and they have excellent prices on CHE's! You could also put a thermostat on if you want (the ~$25 a-life's work great for this application).
Your standard heater would probably run in the 900-1500w range. It will heat more of the air around the crickets and less air at the crickets, creating an inefficient sitaution if the goal is to just heat the crickets (if you would also like to heat the garage for other reasons a standard heater would be the way to go).
Your standard heater would probably run in the 900-1500w range. It will heat more of the air around the crickets and less air at the crickets, creating an inefficient sitaution if the goal is to just heat the crickets (if you would also like to heat the garage for other reasons a standard heater would be the way to go).
yeah it will be a a problem
its not easy keeping a garage warm
and not having a heating element 24/7 . when it shuts off
you lose all that heat, and then it takes a while to build that heat up again.
if you cant take the crickets in, place them in a corner of a garage.
away from any drafts in the garage and focus on heating that corner and somewhat sealing them either place a few boxes around or something. just focus on that corner and heating em up.