Okay I think I want to get lizards or frogs or some other creature like that, and I need to know how long I can keep crickets for? We don't have a pet store any where near us it's a 45 minute drive to the closest pet store. So if I get a critter that eats crickets I would need to keep extra but I'm not sure how long I can keep them alive or how?
2006-07-30 11:48:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
they will live for around 24 hrs in the bag, but if you keep them in a cricket holder or plastic cage they should live for a week or more
2006-07-30 11:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by Sammy S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had salamanders and frogs, for a long time. Normally the crickets will last about a week or maybe two, you need to keep apple peices and that inside the tank so they can drink it, but this depends too on how many crickets ur animal eats, you might find that it eats them all right up real quick, in which case you might have to store these crickets seperatly. My friend kept them in a tank beside her other tank and they seemed to last her a long time. This is totally dependeant on the animal you choose. I would try it out. What are your thoughts on catching crickets in the back yard? lol Good luck
2006-07-30 11:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by smilenbhappie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to feed them to keep them alive any longer than a couple days. You can buy gutload at the pet store and this gel stuff that provides them with moisture. It will be in the same area of the pet store that the gutload is in. I used to live in a very small town myself that had only one pet store and it was a rip off. I had a Plated Sudan that would eat about 40 crickets in one feeding and this pet store usually didn't have the quantities of crickets I needed anyway. So, we had the pet store order us a quantity of crickets from her vendor, and she just sold us the whole box of them when they came in. We kept them in a 10 gallon tank (with a lid) with lots of gutload and oranges, which also provide moisture. You can actually throw just about any table scraps in there, as long as you have a good moisture source as well....just not straight water or they will drown....sponges also work well. Also, once we got this box of crickets, it also had the number and name of the vendor, which I dealt directly with afterwards. That company was Fluker Farms. And you can order six week crickets, I think, that will live for a good long time as long as they are well fed. But I will mention that they do stink. So, keep the tank o' crickets somewhere where you can't smell them, but where it is still kept at a moderate temperature. Oh and keep all that eggcrate stuff in the tank with them or they will smother each other. They need plenty of stuff to climb on.
And hey, if you don't like to waste the dead crickets, get a rat. Mine love to eat the dead leftover crickets. Seriously!!
Oh...and DO NOT feed your animals crickets from the backyard!!!! The exoskeletons on typical backyard crickets are much harder and are not digested very well.
2006-07-30 14:17:16 · answer #3 · answered by terrapinqueen76 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
as long as you feed them & make sure they have water(you can put cotton balls soaked in water in the container and that way they can drink w/out drowning themselves) you can keep them alive in a ventilated cricket carrier for about 2 weeks...you can feed em lots of things, gut load is a good food that also supplies your herps w vitamins when they eat the crickets but you can alos fed them cat food, crackers, monkey chow, etc etc etc.....they can get kinda stinky & they are LOUD so Id reccomend keeping them kinda far from your bedroom or they can keep you awake!! lol
2006-07-30 16:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by *♥* ♥* FaeGoddess*♥*♥* 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the same thing just different colors. When goldfish hatch they are silver or brownish to blend in so more survive. After several weeks they become the common orange color however some to not change.
2016-03-16 08:58:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋