Insect watering

[Serpentor]

Any chance some of you also breed rodents and have experience using agselect valves for watering them?

I was wondering how I could make keeping a colony of crickets alive a lot easier, and was wondering if you used one of the vari-flow valves and set it to its loosest setting, if it might be twitchy enough to let water out if a cricket was to climb on it, or try to wedge itself between the valve and the brass of the nozzle.

Comments, suggestions?

 

[mummabear]

I use water storage crystals from Bunnings. They are cheep and easy. No drownings and they always have water. I even use it for my baby ones.

 

[Serpentor]

I use water storage crystals from Bunnings. They are cheep and easy. No drownings and they always have water. I even use it for my baby ones.

Water storage crystals. Is that different from vermiculite?

 

[mummabear]

Yes it is different. They are little crystal that you put into water and they swell and hold the water. The insects just suck on/eat them to get the water. They are suppose to be used to retain water at plants roots but they work a treat for the insects. I use them for my crickets and woodys in a little dish. They are non toxic and biodegradable as long as you get the ones without fertilizers. I'm sure there are many brands. The ones i use are called Water Storage Crystals. Found in Bunnings in the isle with fertilizers potting mix etc. I mix 1 teaspoon of the crystals with 500mls of water. Lasts me ages.

 

[Bez84]

I like the water crystal idea, although i have never supplyed actual water to my woodies colony and 2 years later theres still 100's of thousands of the buggers lol.
I just throw in carrot or chocos or what veggie matter i have lying around every fortnight or so and a few cups of dog biskets

 

[Jeannine]

adds **Water Storage Crystals** to Bunnings shopping list for Adelaide visit

thanks for that

 

[ScalyMung]

I also place in handfuls of long grass into my woodies which they love plus they would get a fair bit of water from that and its free !!!!!!!!
Cheers Deano

 

[Chadleystar]

I too use water storage crystals (got the idea from mummabear when she feed me this addition to reptiles.. ) and she is right work a treat no probs especially up here in the tropics where things like vegatables and stuff dry out very quickly when not refrigerated.

 

[Jeannine]

mm long grass hey

ive got a laneway out the back of our house and in there grows a kind of long grass that can stand heat and has a small root system, might grab a small one and plant it in the enclosure and water it too