Hi Laura,
Laura Ricketts wrote:
> I feed mine a combination of cricket feed (bought from
> Flukers), rice baby food (powdered) and chick mash...
> mixed with calcium and multi-vitamin supplement...
> their liquid is from Flukers Gel (both regular and
> calcium fortified)...
Try switching from chick mash to oat bran.
> I have been having a large die
> off of my bulk purchases and can't figure out what is
> going wrong.
First, how old are they?
> They are in a tote - ~18"wX26"LX18"D
> without substrate.
How many?
> They have 12"X12" egg crates
> (about 3) layered for them, as well as about 3-4 paper
> towel tubes. I also have a table lamp lightbulb over
> them, with a dome, for heat.
How warm do you keep it? I keep mine in the low 80s.
> About once a week, they
> will get any leftover fresh vegetables... apples,
> orange slices... potatoes.
>
Sounds good.
>
> Am I doing any thing wrong? Or is it normal to lose
> about 300 or so of a shipment of 1,000 over a 3 week
> period?
>
> Thanks
This is why I asked how old they are, some may just die of old age. I usually have a
5% loss during shipping no matter what, this
gets worse with colder weather. My cricket supplier packs the crickets with potatoes,
this helps I think. Also, when you get the
crix, you should provide a water source immediately. Leafy greens work great, and that
insures you won't lose more to dehydration
right away. With smaller crix I also keep test tubes of water stuffed with cotton.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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