cricket problems

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Arachnosquire
Old Timer
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Jan 5, 2004
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all my talk of having no problems with crickets was for naught. My crickets have started dying now and the females ovipositors are not long yet. They are about maybe a quarter inch at most and they are starting to die. I guess from old age cuz they dont live long after adulthood. I am almost certain this is because they were kept at too low temps. My room is about 65 degrees and thats where I have to keep all my bugs and spiders. Now I heat my spiders to 80 degrees or whatever but crickets I dont really care about. I suddenly realized I was down to only three adult crix and two smaller ones left tonight.

So I fed the two little ones to my new baby curly hair and fed the other three to my red knee.

To summarize. Crix breeding a no go. But big feeding=big fun! --- sorry for the length
 

Aragorn

Arachnobaron
Old Timer
Joined
Dec 21, 2003
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I think they do fine at room temperature, but the higher temperature makes them eat more and grow faster. I've been able the keep fully mature crickets for up 2 weeks or much longer sometimes. Do you have moisture, or a water dish for them. You can give the apple slices for a source of moisture, or orange slices. I prefer the apple because it's less acidic.
 

Navaros

Arachnoprince
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Oct 23, 2003
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Breeding crickets is a huge waste of time, just buy a box of 1000 and feed them off.:p Baby crickets are a pain in the @ss, they are way too tiny. Just little black flecks.
 
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