i'm thinking about breeding crickets for my geckos when i get them and i know they need a contanier with an egg carton and potatoe and carrot peelings and a bowl of water so can anyone tell me if there easy to breed or not
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are crickets easy to breed
Geckogirl19
Feb 02, 2004 09:35 PM
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Sonya
Feb 03, 2004 09:55 AM
>>i'm thinking about breeding crickets for my geckos when i get them and i know they need a contanier with an egg carton and potatoe and carrot peelings and a bowl of water so can anyone tell me if there easy to breed or not
To successfully breed more than a handful of crix a month you need multiple tubs, egg laying flats and all sorts of patience.
You might want to try breeding mealworms and roaches. One tub, breed like crazy and not smelly.
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Sonya
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Sybella
Feb 03, 2004 11:57 AM
They are easy to sex and easy get to breed...just have some males and females and provide a laying medium for the girls. However, the babies are so small and dumb, they'll drown in less than a drop of water!
Speaking of which, the adults will too. You'll have to make sure they can't drown in their water dish. Put rocks in the dish you have, or use a sponge, or "cricket water" (the stuff that looks like jello cubes). You can't just give them a dish of water.
For food, potato and carrot pieces are nice but you'll need something a little more substantial. You can use chicken mash.
I have no trouble keeping crickets alive and getting them to breed...it's when I get to the point that the babies start hatching that I'm a flop. I always lose the babies.
And, they do stink!! LOL!
