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I was just wondering, what do those of you who keep small amounts (not colonies) of live crickets use to feed them? My pet store guy, who seems to have been wrong on several accounts, told me to feed them groud up oatmeal, but they don't seem to be eating, and I've found several dead already. Just a note, I don't raise my own, I buy em, feed em to Sobek, and go get more when the last batch is gone.

>>I was just wondering, what do those of you who keep small amounts (not colonies) of live crickets use to feed them? My pet store guy, who seems to have been wrong on several accounts, told me to feed them groud up oatmeal, but they don't seem to be eating, and I've found several dead already. Just a note, I don't raise my own, I buy em, feed em to Sobek, and go get more when the last batch is gone.

Have you tried Flukers gutloading cricket feed? While I used crickets I found it to work extremely well when used in conjunction with carrot and apple slices. Also, do you provide a water source to your crickets?
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MidWest Geckos

Actually yes, I use Flukers Cricket quencer and they seem to take to it pretty well.

Jackal

Hi

Bran is good to feed them and some people feed them oatmeal, cornmeal etc..

One thing to remember though, is that they also will need water in the gut loading process and to also help keep them alive until you feed all of them out. Just take the cap off of something and take a cotton ball and get it soaked and put it in the cap and then put that in with the crickets.

The cotton ball will keep them from drowning in the water and the crickets will suck up the water through the cotton ball. A package of cotton balls is a lot cheaper than those jars of cubed liquid things they have at the pet stores (can't think of what you call them).

Take Care, TLB