"A little screen top" -- from what I've heard, more ventilation is better to keep crickets from smelling so bad.sbattisti":1df9f said:OK, so, not yet a beardie owner, but planning on being so, and on going with crickets for at least the get-go. (Sorry folks, still struggling with the notion of setting up a breeding colony of roaches in my home.)
So, I was planning on grabbing 1000 crickets to start, and putting them in a Rubbermaid storage bin. Cut a little screen top into the lid, etc. etc. I had a few other cricket questions:
Well, if you have egg crates stacked pretty much vertically, the vast majority of the live ones will hang out there and the ones on the floor will move out of the way as you wipe up the debris. I usually use a large tweezers that came with some sort of child's bug explorer kit to pick up the dead ones. If they are really alive, they will hop away. If they are nearly dead, they get fed to the beardie.sbattisti":1df9f said:1. I've read a bit about feeding and watering them, and I know that you have to periodically clean up the dead one and any sheddings. This may be a silly question, but do you clean up the sheddings/dead crickets while the live crickets are still in the bin? Seems like it would be a pretty chaotic operation! On the other hand, I can't quite figure how you could easily separate the live ones from the dead ones. Do tell!
I fold up a few sheets of toilet paper, dip in water and place on the floor of the container. I usually replace them every other day.sbattisti":1df9f said:2. How do you water your crickets? One site I found talked about a special gel product called "cricket gutload," but is that the main option?
At first, I would just grab them with my hand. But as I was smearing cricket poop all over my fingers and under my fingernails, I thought there must be a better way. So I modified one of those disposable gladware containers to scoop them up. I dump them into a large oatmeal container and when I have enough, I put the lid on and shake them around a little. Simple and no escapees.sbattisti":1df9f said:3. Are there any special tricks to grabbing a batch for your beardie to eat? Just stick em in a cup with some vitamin dust and shake em up?
We feed him outside the cage, and that way if he doesn't eat all of the crickets, we can easily get them back in their tank. We use one of those clear plastic storage bins that are only six inches high. We haven't had any crickets clear that height.sbattisti":1df9f said:4. Do you guys usually feed your beardies OUTSIDE their cage? Or put the crickets into the cage? If outside, where do you feed them?
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