Well, just in case anyone was wondering- it takes approximately 2.5 hrs to remove 4 dozen miniscule, bouncing, not wanting to be caught baby crickets from a huge tank.
Ya know, just in case y'all were wondering......
*grin*
Thanks again everyone for your help.
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0.2 cats (Pandora & Journey)
0.1 bearded dragon (Kleio)
0.0.1 green tree frog (Squishy)
0.0.1 goldfish (Namoli)
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Update on baby crickets
mobius
Feb 05, 2007 05:59 PM
Replies (4)
geckonate
Feb 05, 2007 06:45 PM
haha, good story. good luck with the breeding.
beachbeardies
Feb 05, 2007 11:03 PM
easier way would be just take that substrate and move into a new bin to raise the crickets, then replace it for your dragons, haha but thats just me. good luck with breeding crickets they are a pain. roaches are much easier to breed
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BDlvr
Feb 06, 2007 07:24 AM
Years have made me a professional cricket catcher. I use the tube from a kricket keeper cage and if you direct them towards it they will often readily jump inside.
I never figure it's worth having a cricket colony. The maintenance is a hastle. Crickets are very dirty and smell so unless you can keep them outside you better get used to catching them to move them to clean quarters at least every 2 weeks. I just had to catch about 900 to move to a clean tank since all my dragons are sleeping and not eating. lol.
mobius
Feb 06, 2007 01:19 PM
Yeah, I don't think I'm going to try and have a cricket colony...I just wanted to remove them from the tank to keep my beardie safe!
>>Years have made me a professional cricket catcher. I use the tube from a kricket keeper cage and if you direct them towards it they will often readily jump inside.
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>>I never figure it's worth having a cricket colony. The maintenance is a hastle. Crickets are very dirty and smell so unless you can keep them outside you better get used to catching them to move them to clean quarters at least every 2 weeks. I just had to catch about 900 to move to a clean tank since all my dragons are sleeping and not eating. lol.
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0.2 cats (Pandora & Journey)
0.1 bearded dragon (Kleio)
0.0.1 green tree frog (Squishy)
0.0.1 goldfish (Namoli)
