Hi Laura,
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Laura Ricketts wrote:
> Julie, It never "hit" me about the age of the
> crickets! Duh! They are adults! How "long" should you
> expect adults to live once you receive them?
I get 3 weeks as the oldest crickets, they live till about 7 weeks.
> Should I
> buy the sub-adults to make them last longer (keep
> alive longer)? I am feeding anoles, tree frogs, geckos
> (leopard and crocodile), firebelly toads, and whenever
> he wakes up, a beardie!
>
Sounds like you need a couple different sizes of crickets here. Two weeks and three
weeks sound appropriate.
>
> > Try switching from chick mash to oat bran.
>
> The reason I was using Chicken Mash was due to the
> advice in "The Leopard Gecko Manual" by Phillippe de
> Vosjoli (pg. 20) and "Gecko's - A Complete Pet Owner's
> Manual" by R. D. Barlett and Patricia P. Barlett (p.
> 37).
Oat bran is eaten quicker, that is why I recommended it.
> I have only been giving them very little fresh
> vegetables... money's been short and it's been for us!
Then don't buy the Fluker's gel. That must be costing you a fortune! A bag of greens
from Safeway will be much cheaper no doubt.
>
> Question... if the veggies are no longer appetizing
> for us... brown or soft... is it still safe to give it
> to the crickets? No rotten or moldy, just going soft
> or bruised?
>
I routinely feed them this stuff.
>
> > How many?
>
> 1,000
>
Then your container sounds good, but you need to break up the order into two different
sizes, you also need two containers. This
will make feeding much easier too.
>
> > How warm do you keep it? I keep mine in the low 80s.
>
> Haven't "checked" the temp level, but will do it
> today.
>
> > 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.
> >
> I got a shipment today... none dead it the box at all!
> I was surprised. I put them in the tote, with some
> sawdust in the bottom, a dish of dry food, a dish of
> Flukers gel, a 1/2 apple, 4-6 baby carrots, 1 medium
> potato... and 3 alfalfa cubes.... is that okay?
>
That sounds good, but I would use up the gel and not buy it anymore.
>
> Thanks so much for all of the advice, opinions, etc.
> I really appreciate it...
>
You are very welcome!
Julie B.
>
> =====
> Laura
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>
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