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KrazyKelli View Profile |
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In the cricket keeper I put 30 large crickets, the egg carton stuff they came with, a toiletpaper tube to take them out with, oats, cricket vitamins, lettus, and baby carrots. Fed a few and the next day I found two dead crickets. I assumed that they were crushed under the babycarrots cause I sorta rolled the cage a little too hard when I pulled it out. Shrugged it off, pulled hte dead crickets out, and resumed. Day after this they completely devoured hte lettus and most of the carrots. And the cat knocked the critter keeper over so a few others had died. Relocated the keeper and threw in a piece of apple to keep them hydrated. Funny enough, the apple was the most deadly thing I could’ve done to the crickets. Even in pieces, it rolled around and crushed crickets. It also went bad really fast. My lesson? No more apples. Yesterday I fed the last 2 crickets to the lizards and dumped 10 to 15 dead crickets out. This saying, I lost more dimes out of this than I should have. For the future: no more apples, no more egg carton pieces, if I use babycarrots, I gotta cut them up better. Now my questions to you guys: Should I purchase anything (hopefully cheap) or keep something in there for the crickets that’s basically essential. I have issues with hydration. Are there any other vegitables I could try. Could a very shallow cap of water work? Lastly, should I try small crickets? I heard that they don’t die as fast. But how long does it usually take for them to grow into big crickets? |
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| 07/20/06 08:49pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 895898 New to Cricket Keeping
You’re definitely gonna need a bigger cage for your crix than a critter keeper. those things have HORRIBLE ventilation and horrible ventilation=dead crix. I use a 31 gal Rubbermaid container with the middle part of the top cut out and aluminum screening duct taped over the hole. I use cricket quencher for water. Even a shallow water dish will drown crix. They’re REALLY stupid. You can also use cotton soaked in water or potatoes & carrots. To stop the rolling just put them in a small dish of some sort. You’re gonna need some egg carton in the cage for them to hide under. And the toilet paper rolls work good too. And once again, crickets need some type of protein for example Fish Flakes. lol Mine get fish flakes and plain oatmeal. If you wanna breed, your gonna need the larger crix. The smaller crix only last longer because their younger. But don’t expect you crickets to live very long. Their life span is about 2 or 3 months at the most. To breed all you gotta add to the tank is some sort of dish about 1 inch deep full of Bed-A-Beast or similar product (which I’m sure you have) and keep it moist. You are going to need more than 30 crix to start a colony. Try at lest 60-100. Good Luck! I hope I answered all your questions. -Ashlee |
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| 07/20/06 09:23pm |
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Ninja_Dragon View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 895956
I feed my crix-powdered milk,oats,rabbits pellets,cat food,dog food,calcium pellets,flukers orange cube cricket food which provide food,water and vitamins all in one..plus fresh veggies and fruit..oh and fish flakes. I too house my crix in a 31 gallon rubbermaid container.With egg crates and TP rollls. You can also buy a sponge and wet it and put it in the crix cage.They cant drown in a sponge...lol.(?) good luck ;) |
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| 07/20/06 10:49pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: Ninja_Dragon In reference to Message Id: 896116 New to Cricket Keeping
"What do you feed you lizard?" "sponge. how ’bout you" "uhhh..." |
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| 07/20/06 11:04pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 896148 New to Cricket Keeping
I’ll try putting the food in a dish. Swab, of course! Genius! Where can I get this quencher stuff and what is it? My money is real tight right now, that’s why I’m not going to try breeding crickets. I have to pay off loads of vetbills for my cats’ eye surgery and it’s taking alot out of me. |
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| 07/21/06 12:35am |
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Ninja_Dragon View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 896306 New to Cricket Keeping
I bought the flukers orange cube stuff at petsmart for 8$.If your gonna feed the crix that you wont need water. |
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| 07/21/06 01:29am |
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789 View Profile |
Message To: Ninja_Dragon In reference to Message Id: 896392 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 07/21/06 03:16am |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 896306 New to Cricket Keeping
Good Luck with your crix! and I hope you kitty is ok. |
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| 07/21/06 10:15am |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 896735 New to Cricket Keeping
Anyway, I’ll drop by Petsmart later today for a handful of small crickets (I sincerely hope they don’t escape through the ventilation slots) and some of that 4 dollar quencher stuff. I’m not getting the 8 dollar stuff because I already have cricket vitamins and enough oats, vegis, and fruit to choke a horse. Crap... I was going to ask a question somewhere around here... Oh yeah! So, silly question and all, but will the crix be ok in the smaller, ventilated container for the 7- days til they’re fed off? Or am I going to loose more crix than I buy in the longrun this method? |
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| 07/21/06 10:56am |
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Ninja_Dragon View Profile |
Message To: 789 In reference to Message Id: 896507 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 07/21/06 12:47pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 896805 New to Cricket Keeping
Good luck with the Kitty. If you don’t mind my asking, what happened to her? |
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| 07/21/06 01:46pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 897029 New to Cricket Keeping
The kitty got an eye infection (presumably from a chemical or allergic reaction to a chemical). Fact, I made a thread about this in the cat forum and noone really gave a damn... That happens to alot of my question threads for some reason. After a week of eyedrops, the infection cleared up in one eye, but she got an ulser in her other one. Took her to the vet again, who did immediate surgery to save the eye. Tomorrow they’ll remove the eyelid stitch to determine wether or not the eye is savible. |
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| 07/21/06 01:52pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 897036 New to Cricket Keeping
The crix size just depends on what you want to feed. You will prolly want the big ones if you feed off every week. I think all you lizards are big enough to eat the big crix, right? |
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| 07/21/06 02:12pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 897063 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 07/21/06 03:09pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 897179 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 07/22/06 04:30pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 899365 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 07/24/06 05:41pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 902990 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 08/01/06 01:48pm |
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PCViolin View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 916932 New to Cricket Keeping
Fortunately we have never had any bad kitty problems. Glad to hear your crickets are doing better. I’m starting to work on a new batch. |
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| 08/02/06 08:16pm |
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KrazyKelli View Profile |
Message To: PCViolin In reference to Message Id: 919714 New to Cricket Keeping
I took Mueshi to the vet last Friday and was told that Mueshi gets to keep her eye. The massive ulser is half the size it was, there’s white (healing) around it, and it’s looking good. The vet also apologized for over dreading the fact of the eye prob. Through the week I’ve been giving her the same 4 medications (2 eyedrops every 4 hours, a ’by mouth’ antibiotic twice a day, and the painkiller if she needs it. She’s still eating fine, crapping fine, and acting like herself. And also through the week I’ve seen alot more white around the ulser, so that’s a good thing. =P I always have cat problems. I adopt unwanted cats from rescue shelters and they have their own issues. Well, only Mueshi and Teddy really have the issues. Mueshi was abused as a kitten and had bed-wetting, anxiety probs. But I’ve owned her for 6 years with no other issues, so this eye thing is remarkebly new. Teddy is my emaciated, 13 year old cat with breathing and walking issues. I adopted him 2 years ago with an agreement to give him a peaceful last few months/years of life. Puff is just a pain in the backside Alpha cat who’s mother was thrown out of a car before she was born. And Morris, my newest adoption, is just a frisky 1.5 year old kitten who likes breaking things to tell me all about it. I lost a few crickets in the week. But it happened between the container running out of cricket quencher and putting in more. |
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| 08/03/06 03:51pm |
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Ashmash View Profile |
Message To: KrazyKelli In reference to Message Id: 921004 New to Cricket Keeping
Crickets will die, it happens. Don’t worry if a few die off here and there. That cricket quencher saved my meal worm colony! It’s good stuff. BTW, my Goldie, CJ, has been very bright for over a month now! I don’t know what I’m doing but he is very happy. He’s a very light/bright yellowish color. Just thought I’d tell you here since you don’t appear very much on the Goldie forum anymore. (That new guy is getting on my nerves, too.)  |
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| 08/03/06 04:40pm |
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Suicidepill View Profile |
Message To: Ashmash In reference to Message Id: 921125 New to Cricket Keeping
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| 10/29/06 01:10am |
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