i have some crickets i feed to my turtles that i buy at the pet store, but they are so hard to keep alive. Does anyone know how to keep crickets alive for a long period of time?
2007-09-15 04:59:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Yes I do. My crickets used to die off constantly too. If you're keeping them in a seperate critter keeper from the turtles...
first make sure they have food - cut grapes, apple slices, lettuce are just a few things
second make sure they have water every day - you can put a shallow dish in the cage but crickets are stupid and they will drown in anything so put a wad of t.p.(no purfumes) or papertowel in the dish and add water to that. They will suck the water out of it and they'll have something to climb on if they get into the water dish.
I have never heard of feeding turtles crickets. Maybe I just don't know enough about this but I've been around reptiles for over 10 years and I've just never heard of it. Have you done your own research online about what your turtles eat?
2007-09-15 05:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by Tasha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crickets on live 2 maybe 3 months at the most. Make sure they have water, maybe on a moist paper towel, or a potato wedge in there, sliced fruit is good as well. But they just plain old don't live that long.
2007-09-15 05:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mad Town Ghost 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
keep them in a cricket-keeper, and feed them a special calcium supplement, they will eat it and then when the turtles eat them they'll pass the calcium supplement to the turtes, i also feed my tutrles crickets and they love them, but my crickets are easier to keep because i have i desert horned lizard, and since they eat crickets, i only have to take the crickets out of the cage.
2007-09-15 06:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
small plastic pet containers will work. keep grass and plants in there with small rocks where they can hide. put small sticks and leaves also so they will feel at home. good luck. I used to keep crickets to feeed lizardfs
2007-09-15 05:06:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ginnykitty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ask the people that you buy them from (obviously they can keep them alive)
2007-09-15 05:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
put a potato in with them and they will eat it
2007-09-15 05:08:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope that the crickets give you diseases.
2007-09-15 05:04:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
feed them.
2007-09-15 05:03:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋