How do you care for pinheads? I had about 500 and I just found all of them dead. They were in a rubbermaid container with a heat pad and a orange for a moisture source. I had some greens for food. What did I do wrong? What should I do?
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Care of Pinhead Crickets
sned25271
Apr 20, 2007 08:20 PM
Replies (2)
ta2smitty
Apr 22, 2007 12:15 AM
My guess would be the heat pad... I just keep mine in those cheap citter containers you get at petsmart. And I order by the tousands with no problems, some die off is going to happen but not all of them.
chaco
Apr 23, 2007 11:45 PM
I agree with ta2smitty, you need a kritter keeper. I keep all sizes of crickets for my Chams and Geckos. In the bottom of the kritter keeper, I put bran and oats, along with some raw pumpkin seeds. Don't use any corn type grains for the dry food. In some sort of lid, I put some greens like collards, mustards, turnips or dandelion along with squash pieces and some apple peices. I don't put any liquid in there because crickets are super stupid and will drown in a drop of water. This is a good gutload recipe that I have been using for years and will keep your crickets alive until they can be eaten. Good luck.
