If you lost them that quickly I would think you didn't feed/water or keep them warm. Once you get the hang of them they are not hard. But you do need to feed them....(I feed a baby cereal mix) and water...(I use a jnon soaped scrunge pad in a shallow dish misted down every day) and I keep them with lots of hide spots.....ie cardboard egg cartoning.

Breeding I use a shallow layer (1/2" of sterile soiless potting mix in the tub.....15 gal sterilite type. I mist down the dirt each morning. I keep the egg carton and food dish dry. I offer greens every morning too. Keep them at 75 or so and not cooler.

I don't need a ton so I throw in a handful of adults and let them die off after they lay eggs. 2 weeks to pinheads. If you want more and a continuous supply you will want to use flats of dirt and shift them to their own tub after a week with the adults.

Sonya

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• Breeding Crickets - sallie_keeper, Sat Feb 8 03:26:13 2003
• RE: Breeding Crickets - amy, Sat Feb 8 09:09:43 2003
• RE: Breeding Crickets - Sonya, Sat Feb 8 16:08:28 2003
• RE: Breeding Crickets - sallie_keeper, Sun Feb 9 04:29:45 2003
• RE: Breeding Crickets - sschind, Sun Feb 9 19:45:22 2003
• RE: Breeding Crickets...to answer your questions.. - sallie_keeper, Sun Feb 9 20:58:41 2003
• RE: to answer your questions..lets try this again... - sallie_keeper, Sun Feb 9 21:07:28 2003
• RE: Much easy way. - James Tu, Wed May 14 12:32:05 2003