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I've never done this before so I don't know much about it.I bought a rubbermaid container about 3 4ths the size of a 20 gallon tank.im going to poke tons of tiny holes but not enough for the crickets to escape.

Now I've gots some Questions. Should i put sand on the bottom and mist one side?Also how many baby crickets are there?

Thank You

The following statement is solely my opinion based on my experience.....Don't do it!!! I have tried time and again to raise crickets and in my experience is just a waste of time. After reading everything I could on how to raise crickets. I tried it and was lucky to get 20-30 crickets out of every group. Mail order your crickets or better still raise roaches they are way easier to raise, they don't stink like crickets and they will eat anything. My animals eat them much more readily than a cricket.

Joe

>>The following statement is solely my opinion based on my experience.....Don't do it!!! I have tried time and again to raise crickets and in my experience is just a waste of time. After reading everything I could on how to raise crickets. I tried it and was lucky to get 20-30 crickets out of every group. Mail order your crickets or better still raise roaches they are way easier to raise, they don't stink like crickets and they will eat anything. My animals eat them much more readily than a cricket.
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>>Joe

I would completly agree. When i ordered 500 crickets at time it was hard enough just keeping them alive long enough to feed them off. I raised hissers and lobsters with no problems. The stench alone from crickets is a deterant. Roaches smell earthy if anything. More nutritional as well. Clint
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0.1 Colombian Boa-(Boa Constrictor Imperator) "Honey"
1.0 Hogg Isle Boa-(Boa Constrictor Imperator) "un-named"
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa-(Epicrates Cenchria) "Houdini"
0.1 Argentine Boa-(Boa Constrictor Occidentalis) "Lacie"
0.0.2 Green Tree Python-(Morelia Viridis)Biak type-"Smog" & Sorong type- "un-named"

DITO!! and when the roaches do die off they still don't stink like crix and mealworms, or even silkworms for that matter!
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Marcia - FroggieB Dragons
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I'm raising both crickets and Lobster Roaches. I find the Lobsters to me more self sufficient in that I don't have to deal with egg containers/incubation and the such.

I raise both in the same size container (18 gallon rubbermaid tote) with window screan in the top for ventilation. I keep my insect room at 75 degrees, but place a piece of 11" heat tape under each tote. Seems to work well.

I'm rearing both on Purina Worm Chow with veggies for moisture. I've had no problems so far.

To incubate my crickets I simply place an egg filled container in the tote I intend to raise the crickets in. Then I put egg crate at the other end. As the crickets hatch the move into the egg crating and I begin to feed. I mist my egg crating twice a day to increase the humidity also.

All in all its pretty easy. I'm establishing a local market for my crickets. Local bait shops can't get enough of them!