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this is going to sound dumb, but it is something ive thought about but never done.

When you put mealworms in the fridge, they last for months, saving me money.
can the same be done with crickets?

thanks,
Andrew

As far as I know no they will die in the fridge. This is ,y opinion as I have never tried it just heard people say it.
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Brian n Chrissy

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"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

Oops it was to say my opinion....... I made a typo lol
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Brian n Chrissy

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"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

Ive done this many a time the crix dont die the go into a dormant stage till they warm up, i do this for my beardeds when i dont want the crix to hide in the drift wood, they start moving slower during warm up again and my garvid females have easy pickings, gut load them first of course high calcium greens and grains..

>>this is going to sound dumb, but it is something ive thought about but never done.
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>>When you put mealworms in the fridge, they last for months, saving me money.
>>can the same be done with crickets?
>>
>>thanks,
>> Andrew

Crix don't do cold. Mealworms too need to be regutloaded if kept in the frig. Warm them for a day and let them eat something. Otherwise it is a bit like feeding moving cardboard.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

Well you can freeze them and thaw them to feed later, if your animal will take them dead. I did this to feed some tarantula slings for a while. Won't work for anything that requires live crickets I assume.

>>Well you can freeze them and thaw them to feed later, if your animal will take them dead. I did this to feed some tarantula slings for a while. Won't work for anything that requires live crickets I assume.

I froze them for a couple seconds then roasted them in a low oven and fed them to Boy Scouts once. They thought they were really tasty....really.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

wow, I hope the soy scouts knew they were eating crickets :/

Thanks for the advice about regutloading the mealworms, But dont worry, I do this religiously.

Some of my animals will eat dead crickets, but I dont think my frillies will be to "frilled" about them, so I guess Ill just keep them the old fashion way.

I think im still going to try to put them in the fridge as an experiment, Its prolly the only cure for my curiousity.

Thanks for the feedback,
Andrew

I go through quite a few crickets ( a bit more than a thousand a week). So I have just gotten used to breeding them myself. They are actually not bad to breed as long as you keep them set up correctly. and they only stink if their not set up right.
I've got somewhere arounf 9k of them set up in my reptile room right now I think, without any real smell or hassle.

Jon

>> I think im still going to try to put them in the fridge as an experiment, Its prolly the only cure for my curiousity.
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>>Thanks for the feedback,
>> Andrew

crickets need to be maintained at 60-75 F for optimal life.. below 60F and they start dying.
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