Callum Dureau
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Want to start doing it, any tips on it? And what stuff will I need? My collection is getting to a size where it is just too costly to keep buying crickets.
Thank you very much for your reply! Much appreciatedit's fairly easy the key is to keep them warm especially seeing as though it's winter at the moment. I use heat mats and cord but you could use lamps, btw I use probe thermostats bc I find it easier to keep steady temps that way.
I use plastic tubs which are high enough that I don't need to use a lid.
I use dry dog food and rolled oats as (thin) substrate and food, I add vegetables and fruit as well (apple and orange are good). with egg cartons to climb on. I give water to larger crickets by spraying the bare plastic bottom or sides of the plastic tub.
to breed wait until they are old enough to be chirping and the females have fully developed ovipositors, place damp cocopeat in a tub and cover the surface in mesh (to stop them eating the eggs), wait a week of egg laying and then incubate the eggs (I place them over heat cord or on top of a reptiles enclosure) ensure that the temps don't drop below 20º or hatch rates will be very low. when they begin to hatch place in a rearing tub and the only differences to adults is smaller food and no spraying (or else they will drown in the drops) just wet cotton wool.
best tips: keep them warm, start slow and expand as you will learn what works best for you, keep everything dry mould=bad, be patient and beware as you may (as I have done) end up looking after crickets more than reptiles.
-Good luck mate.
Funny enough I have never fed my geckos woodies. I just never see them in the pet shops, might have to look into it and see if my geckos will eat them. And what makes woodies easier to breed than crickets? Are they more tolerant of temperature or just easier to breed?If your reptiles will eat them, try breeding woodies rather than crickets. Much easier, and more efficient.
much better off using fluon as vaseline melts during warm weather and drips down the sidesBaby crickets can climb too just like woodies so place a rim of packing tape or Vaseline along the top so they don't escape
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