Few weeks ago small friend found a toad/frog..we made home in old aquarium,complete with water pond, ferns ,soil mixed with much, bark, fossils....but crickets are not easy to find...have been driving 30 mi.once a week to buy 3 doz. crickets for "Charley" but cannot continue to do so...more than willing to start a cricket farm
but lack info !
2007-07-20 20:14:35 · 5 answers · asked by aredsailjunk 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I've done this myself when I was raising larval salamanders, and it takes a little time to raise them to any size. I was fortunate that I only needed pinheads.
I found this website back then and found it helpful: http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/ The guy who wrote this has a clever (and cheap) way of providing water that keeps the crickets from drowning that worth the time to make. I've also used it for tarantulas, and other small animals.
Buying online may be a better way to go, since it will be less time and work for you, and they get delivered to your door. But you can still keep the tank and set it up as a breeder, and eventually you'll have some "freebies".
2007-07-20 20:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A large, deep plastic container. I would fill it with 2-3 inches of potting soil. Get a chick waterer and put cotton in it so they don't drown. Egg cartons for roosting. Commercial dried catfood works. Some kind of heat source to keep the crickets warm in winter and the soil needs to be a little warm for egg incubation.
Oh and crickets tend to attract spiders so I would keep the lid on it. I have found three spiders over a 2 month period trying make a buffet out of my crickets. Its also important that they don't get too warm either, thats why I keep lid off of mine.
2007-07-20 20:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by ArachnidDemon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million) *Billy Bowden's crooked finger. 2) *Rudi Kuertzen very slowly will enhance his finger.'The slow dying' 3) *Steve Bucknor taking his time & elevating his finger purely whilst the bowler and fielders had given up eye-catching. ( what the hell? lol)
2016-11-10 01:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here you go:
http://chamownersweb.tripod.com/Other_Pages/breeding_and_raising_the_house_c.htm
They also have adverts for buying them in bulk online.
2007-07-20 20:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can buy them at a pet store.. thats what i do =]
2007-07-20 20:29:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋