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HOw does one go about BREEDING crickets? I use a 1 gallonish critter keeper, with paper towels and toilet paper rolls, with a dish for food (flukers) and ITTY BITTY water. But they don't reproduce!! HELP ME PLEASE!

You need to give some subtrate for them to deposit the eggs into the ground, which they will incubate. I would feed the crickets you are planning to breed tropical fish flakes. They need protein and fat to produce eggs, and the fish flakes has a lot of protein and fat. I would keep it warm though and the eggs, probably around 75-80 degree. When you see them jumping around, put some fish flakes for them to grow. Personally, I think buying them is a lot cheaper and less of a hasle.

If you are planning on feeding the pin-heads to the small froglets or toadlets, you can grow your own colony of fruit flies. They are much easier to grow. Just put some old or ripe tomatoes or fruits in a jar and let it sit there in a jar with lid until large number of fruit flies start to appears. this shouldn't take very long. You can use a clear rubber tube to suck up the flies with gentle force, but strong enough to suck them up and then blow it out gently infront of the froglets. What you can also do is, I'm not sure but I've seen people done this, they put fruits in a tiny container where the colony is and the flies goes in there; then you close the lid. Then put the container in the froglets cage and open it, and then you close the screen lid.

Try typing "breed crickets" into a search engine. There are tons of websites.

Also visit the feeder forum.
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