Crickets dying?

My feeder crickets seem to be dying off from unknown reasons. I don't know what info I should list, but any questions needed to help solve this, I would be glad to answer.

What are you feeding them? Do you have the enclosure in a warm place? They seem to prefer warmer temperatures.

CooperDragon":223281ys said:

What are you feeding them? Do you have the enclosure in a warm place? They seem to prefer warmer temperatures.

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I feed them some ground up catfood as i've heard it can be a good alternative, as well as apples, carrots, etc. They are in a warm place.

I keep crickets and I have found that they are pigs and need to have food all the time. I feed mine all the veggies that my dragon eats. This keeps them hydrated and gut loads them with yummy veggies for your beardie. The more often I feed them the longer they last. Good luck.

I buy my crickets weekly in bulk lots if 800 x 2/3 size. Order Monday they arrive Wednesday or Thursday am.

I keep then in 700ml plastic food tubs (I used to buy my crickets from pet shops and they always came in this size tub - I saved most the tubs when the crickets were used , cleaned and f10ed them, and they are great for keeping the crickets in (I get 8 - 10 tubs of crickets from a bulk tube).

I give them fresh carrot chunks (about 1" long) , ad about 10 repcal adult beardie pellets straight from the bottle when keeping them for more than 1 - 2 days, the tubs I plan on using inside 1- 2 days get a buk choi leaf to help gut load them.

You will loose some , since I get some adult size mixed in the 2/3 size some die of old age before I get to use them. So I check my cricket tubs every few days and remove the dead / dying crickets and replace the carrot chunks and top up the pellets.
Seems work OK.

Advantage of keeping them in batches of 80 or so in smaller keeper tubs is if the crickets have a communicable desease or some have been paracitised by tiny wasps, you'll not loose every cricket , only maybe 1 or 2 tubs of crickets.
Keeping the crickets in a clean habitat and at about 24- 26oCelsius seems to be the best.

What size are the crix ,what do you keep them in and how are they set up ? Anything with a lid on it or too small of a container can cause a moldiness/stagnancy that can kill them. Plus, large crix may be at the end of their life span which I believe is only 2-3 months.

AHBD":g6rvu3id said:

What size are the crix ,what do you keep them in and how are they set up ? Anything with a lid on it or too small of a container can cause a moldiness/stagnancy that can kill them. Plus, large crix may be at the end of their life span which I believe is only 2-3 months.

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I have them in a big tub with a lid over top (It is screen). They are about 5 - 6 weeks old. What I don't understand is the last batch of crickets I had they all survived, only a couple died.

Do you have them shipped ? Sometimes they get overheated during shipping at some point and are weak, then start dying after they arrive.