Last month I bought 1,000 1/2 inch crickets. I figured that I feed 300 crickets to all my pets each month, so 1,000 should have lasted me at leat 3 months. However, I ran out a few days ago. I can't see how they could have escaped, but that is a possibility. I was wondering though, if maybe they ate each other. Having 1,000 crickets in a 10 gallon cage is pretty crowded. Does anyone know if crickets are cannibalistic, or have any other ideas? Thanks!
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Crickets Disappearing
natethegreat
Aug 26, 2007 04:40 PM
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Sonya
Aug 27, 2007 11:08 AM
>>Last month I bought 1,000 1/2 inch crickets. I figured that I feed 300 crickets to all my pets each month, so 1,000 should have lasted me at leat 3 months. However, I ran out a few days ago. I can't see how they could have escaped, but that is a possibility. I was wondering though, if maybe they ate each other. Having 1,000 crickets in a 10 gallon cage is pretty crowded. Does anyone know if crickets are cannibalistic, or have any other ideas? Thanks!
Crickets are cannabalistic. Crickets also have a life span of about 7 weeks. So if you start with 1/2 inch that is already two or three weeks off and only a month to go before they all die of old age.
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Sonya
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LarryF
Sep 06, 2007 02:36 PM
What she said...
If they run out of food, water or hiding places, they go cannibal. Plus, 3 months is way past their life expectancy.
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