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 #796348


Red*
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 Is this Ok??????

If i buy a dozen crickets a week is it ok when i put them into the cricket keeper from ZooMed i think- i will have egg cartons paper towel as substrate, a filled up sponge of water for them to drink, and veggie and fruit peallings with grinded up catfood to eat?? I just need them to survive a week- i’ll feed 2-3 a day. Thanks!!

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05/21/06  10:50am

 #796907


Rrrragdoll
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   Message To: Red*   In reference to Message Id: 796348


 Is this Ok??????

That’s totally fine. I’m using a cricket keeper (about the size of a shoe box).

I got sick of driving to the store all the time so I’m ordering 500 at a time and will be housing them in a rubbermaid container (10 gal) and they keep for about a month. I start with 1/8ths, just one gecko now but will be adding 3 tree frogs soon.
05/21/06  04:52pm

 #797777


Blackwolf
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   Message To: Rrrragdoll   In reference to Message Id: 796907


 Is this Ok??????

500 only....i use that in a week.on just my bullfrog.not including the pinky’s.man i just decide do 30 large crickets one day 1 pinky the next and rotate them like that.for him.
05/22/06  03:52am

 #797813


AFT~413
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   Message To: Red*   In reference to Message Id: 796348


 Is this Ok??????

I have an African Fat-Tailed Gecko and I usually buy a bag of 36 crix at a time. She only eats 6-8 every other day, so I wouldn’t want to buy in bulk. Unfortunately they only sell like 500 or 1,000 or 1,500 or something in bulk. If they sold them in 100 I would be all over that. I keep them in a 10 gal aquarium w/screen top, a top half of an egg carton, some paper towel rolls (standing up), a dish with Fluker’s gel with calcium, a dish of T-Rex cricket diet "gut-load", and a dish of carrots, paper towel/construction paper floor.
Basically if they have food, a water source, a well ventilated/warm "holding cell" and a dark place to hide, they will be fine. Make sure they ALWAYS have food or they will eat each other up. I had a bad experience once. Once...



Good luck
05/22/06  05:03am

 #798389


Geckogirlemi
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   Message To: AFT~413   In reference to Message Id: 797813


 Is this Ok??????

They sell them in 100s at Herpfood.com
05/22/06  03:54pm

 #798891


Red*
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   Message To: Geckogirlemi   In reference to Message Id: 798389


 Is this Ok??????

Thanks guys!!
05/22/06  07:40pm

 #799716


Blackwolf
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   Message To: Red*   In reference to Message Id: 798891


 Is this Ok??????

also at fluckerfarm.com or you can go to your loal pet store and get them in for 100.i just got back for going out of town and i told my wife she need feed the cricket when im gone and she said ok then when i got home i have 30 gutload crickets which is cool but not if i lost over 470 of them.they where all eaten up by the males.she said she put 1 baby carrot and 4 gutload cubes in thier then she forgot to feed them the other 4 days.im so piss i just spent 20 on 500 now i got only 30 left lol
05/23/06  12:15pm

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Isette
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   Message To: Blackwolf   In reference to Message Id: 799716


 Is this Ok??????

I buy them by them by the 3-15! I coulden’t imagine having so many...
05/29/06  04:33pm


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