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Re: NFC: raising crickets
You can feed the crickets ground up dry cat food. They love it. Any vegetables
too.
Scott
IndyEsox at aol_com wrote:
> I still have time to collect wild crickets and start a culture. I've heard a
> few things, which I will relate. Please correct or expand on items and throw
> me any other tips you know.
>
> - Life span of crickets is about three weeks. In order to have an ongoing
> culture, I need to breed them. I read once you put shallow containers of
> sand for them to lay eggs in. Due adult crickets need to be removed to
> another container once babies hatch?
>
> - They need heat, particularly in a cold house during winter. In the bait
> shops, I typically see low wattage light bulbs left on 24/7.
> Someone just gave me a large electric "hot rock" normally used for lizards
> and snakes. Would this work instead of light bulb?
>
> - Water: I've heard that if you use open containers of water, they will
> drown. A sponge in water is what I typical see.
>
> - Food: I think the bait shops use commercial cricket food. In the garden I
> see them eating bread I throw out to the birds and sometimes tomatoes on the
> ground that have broken open. I can't imagine white bread being very
> nutritious. Anyone have a good source of cricket food or other easily
> obtainable stuff they will eat?
>
> - Containers: I have some cracked aquariums with screen tops. Planning on
> filling them with empty 12-pack egg containers. Any other suggestions?
>
> - Personally, I like to listen to crickets. But the odor they generate will
> probably get them confined to the basement. The other reason for raising
> them is food for native fish.
>
> All help appreciated.
>
> Chuck Church
> Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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