Cricket diseases and tarantulas?

[bravesfan]

I bought some adult crickets from the LPS and they all seemed to die way too easily and they seemed to be alive but not moving. So I did some research and read about a paralyzing diseases the killed lots of crickets in Europe and from what I have read this disease didn't effect Ts that ate the diseased crickets. My question are there other diseases that can be passed from cricket to T.

 

[Introvertebrate]

Ts won't catch the cricket virus. I'm not aware of any other diseases prevalent in our hobby. You must have purchased Acheta domesticus. Ghann's sells Gryllodes sigillatus which is immune to the cricket virus.

http://www.ghann.com/new_crickets.cfm

 

[bravesfan]

Ts won't catch the cricket virus. I'm not aware of any other diseases prevalent in our hobby. You must have purchased Acheta domesticus. Ghann's sells Gryllodes sigillatus which is immune to the cricket virus.

http://www.ghann.com/new_crickets.cfm

You know what is funny they are right up the road from me I can actually go pick some up from them they are about 2 miles from me but I didn't because I really didn't need 250 crickets but I think I will now so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

 

[Anansis]

Adult crickets will only last a week or two after they are full grown. It's possible that the one's you bought were already old and ready to die. Try buying slightly younger ones next time and let them mature in your care.

 

[Introvertebrate]

You know what is funny they are right up the road from me I can actually go pick some up from them they are about 2 miles from me but I didn't because I really didn't need 250 crickets but I think I will now so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

That's pretty cool. They shot an episode of Dirty Jobs at Ghann's:

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/dirty-jobs/videos/cricket-condo.htm