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I need help. I order crix in bulk and no matter how hard i try... the box i keep them in always gets infested with fruit flys and their worms. What can i do to get rid of them?!?!?! Katie
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Owner of 1.2 Leopard Geckos, 3.0 Fire Belly Toads, 0.0.3 Treefrogs, 1.1 Bahaman Anoles, 1.0 Japanese Fire Belly Newt
and 0.0.1 Turtle

Sounds like it should be avoidable. I have never had this problem. Where are they kept? How long do you leave the gutloading veggies (assume you're using them to get fruitflies)? What are you using to gutload? How about the box, is there enough ventilation? Do you clean the box out between shipments of crickets?
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Rob Jenkins
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I have a box that i keep them in with paper towels as a substrate and cotton soaked in water put in a lid as a water source. I usually don't use veggies as a gutload. I have another gutload that doesn't really go bad and isn't terribly watery to atract them. Yes, there is enough ventilation and i have moved the box just in case it's the location. I also do clean the box between shipments. Katie
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Owner of 1.2 Leopard Geckos, 3.0 Fire Belly Toads, 0.0.3 Treefrogs, 1.1 Bahaman Anoles, 1.0 Japanese Fire Belly Newt
and 0.0.1 Turtle

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Rob Jenkins
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Where do you keep the box of crickets? You could try moving it somewhere else.
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