Does anyone have any suggestions for the care of crickets?
At the moment we have 2 sizes. Size 6's for our L Para in a cricket keeper and size 4's in a modified tupperware box for our G Rosea. They seem to be OK but they smell quite a lot and we have to clean them out regularly. We use wood pellet cat litter in the bottom (cos our cat didn't take to it!) and an egg carton, but that seems to go soft and a bit mouldy after a time. We're now trying plastic seedling trays to give them somewhere to hide.
We're also not sure about what to feed them. We've tried the gel cubes which were quite successful and we've also tried shreddies softened in water which also worked but the current batch don't seem to like it. Cucumber and other veggie stuff goes down well but tends to go mouldy very quickly in this heat.
We're not losing many of them so we can't be going too far wrong but I'd be really grateful for any suggestions.
Jane
At the moment we have 2 sizes. Size 6's for our L Para in a cricket keeper and size 4's in a modified tupperware box for our G Rosea. They seem to be OK but they smell quite a lot and we have to clean them out regularly. We use wood pellet cat litter in the bottom (cos our cat didn't take to it!) and an egg carton, but that seems to go soft and a bit mouldy after a time. We're now trying plastic seedling trays to give them somewhere to hide.
We're also not sure about what to feed them. We've tried the gel cubes which were quite successful and we've also tried shreddies softened in water which also worked but the current batch don't seem to like it. Cucumber and other veggie stuff goes down well but tends to go mouldy very quickly in this heat.
We're not losing many of them so we can't be going too far wrong but I'd be really grateful for any suggestions.
Jane
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