Chad Peace
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I bought crickets from the pet store to feed my 2 Ts and they just end up eating eachother, is there a way to prevent this?
I actually keep a 2 liter bottle cap (filled with rocks) with water in with my crickets. Whenever I first get them, you should see them pile in to get drinks. I've literally never had a single one drown.Yup just feed them. Foods gotta eat. As @cold blood said a couple pieces of kibble and maybe a carrot slice for water and you're gold
With as dirty as they are, misting isn't an avenue I'd ever go down with crickets....I use water, most simply use lettuce.Don't use those gel foods. They're junk. Went into the pet store two weeks after buying 40 or so crickets and the cashier remembered me. He was shocked mine were still alive and I didn't need more. I told him, "You just gotta feed 'em actual food!" I give mine fish food and carrots. Mist the side of thier home once or twice a day for them to drink.
I've given up on breeding crickets. I have no problem getting them to breed and getting thousands of pin heads, and once they have molted 3 times or so they are very hardy but I lose about 95% of them in the first 2 molts so its not worth it. Care to share anytips on how you get them past the first 2 molts. I'm guessing my problem is a combination of temperature and humidity.As others have said, both food and hydration are needed to keep cricket cannibalism down.
That said, crickets will still cannibalize to some extent, even with all the food and water they need.
I have been breeding crickets for a while, and they inevitably nibble on each other a bit. I still produce plenty of crickets to feed my pets, as long as I keep the crickets well fed and hydrated.
I would be happy to share how I do it, hopefully something will help. I keep my cricket bin warm with a nocturnal reptile light, wattage varies with the season from 75-150. The hotspot (where I keep the eggcrate) gets up to the 90s F in the summer, mid 80s in winter. The cool side gets down to the mid 70s in the winter, and is usually 78-82 F in the summer. (I use a temp gun to check temps).I've given up on breeding crickets. I have no problem getting them to breed and getting thousands of pin heads, and once they have molted 3 times or so they are very hardy but I lose about 95% of them in the first 2 molts so its not worth it. Care to share anytips on how you get them past the first 2 molts. I'm guessing my problem is a combination of temperature and humidity.