Can any one tell me how to prolong a crickets life. I've tried the fluckers water stuff, cricket food, feeding them apples, potatos. It'd getting very expensive to keep buyig crickets for Leonard when they live no longer than 4-5 days tops especially at pet store prices 11-12 cents each. I thought about going to the bait shop and getting 100 for $3.00 but if they die as quickly what's the point, not to mention the crickets at the bait shop I hear aren't as healthy help.
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kyahbean
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Where do you keep them? I have a cricket keeper, and I use Repashy gutloader and some rocks in water for hydration, and they seem to live at least 2 weeks. I buy them in small quantities because they start to get smelly and hard to maintain after more than like 20.
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Brandon Fowler
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I have a 10 gallon tank that I keep them in. I put paper towel rolls in there with them. I also put water and veggies in there with them. They are out in the garage but I have a heat lamp over them and they live for weeks with no problem.
kyahbean
Puzzle is my 2nd love.
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That's a really good idea. When I get more room (aka a house or a decent sized apartment) I think I'll try that. How do you get them out? They crawl into the paper towel tubes and you can get them that way?
yoyofanatic
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woa only that long? I've had crickets last up to a month or two. I keep them in a 10 gal with egg cartons and all I feed them is moist cut potatos and some collard.
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Brandon Fowler
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Yes they do live longer for me but I go through alot of crickets. I have a old sour cream container that I washed out they cant get out of it. When its feeding time I shake 3 or 4 papertowel rolls and they all fall out into the container. Then I use twezzers to get them out and put them in with my leos.
I keep them in maybe a 3 gallon kricket keeper like container with moist potatos and or an apple in the same room as my gecko. I have a gut load cricket food in there and flukers cricket quencher in the bottom for hydration and they die it almost looks like they fight and eat each other what can I do differently.
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