Breeding crickets HELP!!

[winksta88]

hello everyone, so about a week ago I decided I was going to breed crickets im just so sick of buying them every week so a repticon came by my town an I bought 110 crickets an im "trying" to breed them ... its been a week an were they r supposed to lay there eggs I don't see CRAP! im using frog moss I don't even know if they will lay there eggs in this .. or should I use paper towels.. or peat moss.. im seriously worried about buying peat moss an it having some kind of chemical in it an just killing all my crickets cuz im using them as feeders as well.. someone please help cuz this cricket thing is starting to drive me nuts.

 

[indyana]

If the crickets aren't singing/chirping, they aren't breeding. If this is the case, they either are not fully-winged adults yet or they are not warm enough. Temps around 88 F are recommended.

For the substrate, something damp and dirt-like is used. Many people use a coconut husk substrate such as Eco-Earth.

I personally found it very difficult to keep crickets alive in large numbers and suffered a lot of die off.

 

[Sailfisher]

As stated above, they need to be adults for alot of eggs. I've ordered med size crickets and they would not lay eggs in the right conditions. I now just buy some bait shop adult crickets and use them for breeding and toss them away after egg laying. I get a small Tupperware container and cut out the lid and tape a screen in the opening. Fill with moist Eco-Earth to the very top so screen lays on it and place it in the cricket bin. The screen keeps it clean and the females lay eggs right through it. I leave it in for 2 days....females will be all over it the full time laying eggs. I then pull the egg container out and put it in a clean bin with a heat pad under it set at 90. 3 days or so I have thousands of pinhead crickets. About a month growth and they ready to feed my adults.