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Keep crickets alive like this is possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="Colorado Ts" data-source="post: 162502" data-attributes="member: 30045"><p>A cricket's life cycle is about 7 to 8 weeks in length, based upon average ambient room temperatures.</p><p></p><p>So if you buy small crickets, they will mature over a 5 to 6 week period. If you buy large crickets, you will have them about 14 to 20 days before they mature complete their life cycle.</p><p></p><p>I have a small plastic tub that I bought at WalMart for about $2.00 +/-. I took an egg crate for a dozen eggs and cut it into 3 sections to serve as habitat and provide surface area for the crickets, and I use water bottle caps for food and water containers. I use water crystals as a water source and for food I feed flake fishfood and milled non-medicated Chick Feed. I used to put carrots and lettuce in with the crickets, but I've never seen strong evidence that the crickets feed appreciably on fresh foods.</p><p></p><p>Along with my adults, I keep a small group of 5 GBB slings, an G. pulchripes sling and L. parahybana sling. I buy a couple dozen small crickets once a month. I feed the slings twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.</p><p></p><p>The slings are kept inside a wooden cabinet. I regulate the temperature of the cabinet to 79 degrees F; by maintaining this temperature, the slings metabolic rates are elevated allowing them to increase size at a faster rate. Once the slings get to the 2" to 2.5" range, they are moved into a larger enclosure and are moved from the cabinet into the general room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Colorado Ts, post: 162502, member: 30045"] A cricket's life cycle is about 7 to 8 weeks in length, based upon average ambient room temperatures. So if you buy small crickets, they will mature over a 5 to 6 week period. If you buy large crickets, you will have them about 14 to 20 days before they mature complete their life cycle. I have a small plastic tub that I bought at WalMart for about $2.00 +/-. I took an egg crate for a dozen eggs and cut it into 3 sections to serve as habitat and provide surface area for the crickets, and I use water bottle caps for food and water containers. I use water crystals as a water source and for food I feed flake fishfood and milled non-medicated Chick Feed. I used to put carrots and lettuce in with the crickets, but I've never seen strong evidence that the crickets feed appreciably on fresh foods. Along with my adults, I keep a small group of 5 GBB slings, an G. pulchripes sling and L. parahybana sling. I buy a couple dozen small crickets once a month. I feed the slings twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. The slings are kept inside a wooden cabinet. I regulate the temperature of the cabinet to 79 degrees F; by maintaining this temperature, the slings metabolic rates are elevated allowing them to increase size at a faster rate. Once the slings get to the 2" to 2.5" range, they are moved into a larger enclosure and are moved from the cabinet into the general room. [/QUOTE]
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