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This should be in the feeder forum,i know,but its so dead I know ill get no response.When keeping crickets,is there an alternative to keeping them hydrated besides the gel caps from the store..any fruits or veggie?Thanks guys...

Mike
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3 American Alligators
1.0 Albino Burm
1.0 Green Tree Python
0.1 Veild Chameleon
1.0 Red Eyed Tree Frog
1.0 Bearded Dragon

"Never insult an Alligator until you have crossed the river"-oriental proverb

keeping a chunk of carrot in with them will help.
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3.4.0 Beardies
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.1.0 Box Turtles
0.1.0 Sulcata
1.1.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 corn snake
0.1.0 great plains rat snake
0.1.0 Blue Beauty Snakes
1.0.0 Banana King snake
1.0.0 Desert King snake
2.7.0 Guinea Piggies
3.6.0 Dumbo rats
1.0.0 Blue Front Amazon Parrot
0.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrot
1.1.0 house cats
2.0.0 Maine Coon Cats
2.0.0 Boxers

Fresh vegetables, like the same greens fed to bearded dragons, will also keep your crickets hydrated. You can also just leave a piece of carrot, potato or slice of orange for moisture as well.
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PHLdyPayne

mike i keep 3 to 5 thousand at a time
i never have any troubles, i use sponges cut to the size of jar lids and then soaked just with whatever water the sponge will absorb
i put 2 of these in each rubbermaid tub i have them. it works great and no extra money spent

I thought about trying this as well, but was a little concerned about whether or not the sponges would harbor bacteria easily... Have you had any problems with this?