sbattisti
Juvie Member
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:
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!
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?
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?
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?
Thanks!
Steve
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:
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!
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?
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?
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?
Thanks!
Steve