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i need to breed crickets for my reptiles and haven't been able to yet. any help would be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>i need to breed crickets for my reptiles and haven't been able to yet. any help would be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What size are you looking for?
I breed crix mostly because I use tiny ones for my son's salamanders and feed them off small. The biggest I have grown them to is 1/4inch. I go through bigger ones a lot and it takes time and room to grow them by the numbers I need so far.
What I do is throw 50 or 100 adult crix into a bin with 1/2" of soilless potting mix misted damp, with a couple shallow pie pans of the same, stacked in there too. Then a couple/three egg cartons to hide in. Food and water dishes. They get misted and tossed some greens each morning. Keep 'em warm end of room temps and like magic in a couple three weeks you will see all sorts of little dots running around.
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Sonya

Watch your temperatures. Room temp is way too cold. Crix won't breed if it gets colder than 80*. I keep mine at around 90*

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