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I just purchased a 15 gallon rubbermaid container to store my crix in. I live in Ohio, so right now it's not a big deal, but in about two weeks, it's going to be below 30 degrees outside. Obviously, my basement and garage aren't gonna be much warmer. What is a good way to keep the container warm enough for the crix to survive the winter. Would a heating pad underneath a plastic container be a fire hazard? I don't know what else to do.

keep them in your house unless you dont want to listen to them...i think a heat pad would work fine also

The singing really doesn't bother me, but i think my girlfriend would be a different story. We just bought a house, so she probably doesn't want escapee crickets running around in the house. I just didn't know if a heating pad could maybe overheat....or if that's even a possibility. Does anyone else use a heating pad or any other method to keep crix warm?

I realize that this may not apply to may herpers, but here in Oregon in the winter I store my crickets in my incubator in a 10 gal. aquarium and set the temp to 75F. I also keep my 2 mouse colonies (1.3) in there also. So far it has worked well.
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No good deed goes unpunished!

I keep a human heating pad under half of my cricket bin which is about a 25 gallon plastic bin with screen over part of the lid. I keep mine in the basement and all the crickets appreciate the warmth the heating pad (on low) provides. I hatch my crickets on a heating pad too....just wish I could figure out how to get rid of the excess moisture (drowning pinheads) without drying out the soil and pinhead crix now.
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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

1.3 green anoles (Stumpy (M)), and the rest remain nameless.
1.1 green tree frogs (Romeo & Juliet)
1.2 Firebelly toads
3.2.0 D. Tinctorius (Surinam Cobalt)
1.1.6 D. Azureus
0.0.2 D. Leucomelas
0.0.1 Clown Tree Frog
0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake (Popcorn)
0.1 Snow Corn (KandyKorn)
0.2 Amel Corns (KornSilk & KornMuffin)
0.1 Normal Corn (PepperKorn)
1.0 Creamsicle Corn (Kream)
0.0.1 Giant African Millipede
1.0 Betta (Sushi, Charlie)
2.4 Domestic house cats (Bad Boy (m), Bart(m),Sasha(F),Little Bit(F),Spirit(F)
1.0 Rottweiler (Jake)
2.7 Rats (Mouse, Socks, Flower, Squishy, Fox, Lucky, Snow & Tinker)
1.3 Mice (My step-daughter seems to think they are pets)
2.0 Betta (Sushi, Blue)
1.0 Husband (David, who loves all my critters too)