BeardiesDen
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Hey guys
So I will be getting my BD soon and have started a cricket farm. I have a plastic container, around 60L with dirt containers, water dish and grass, a few foods (carrot/lettuce) and some egg cartons. The box is outside, I'm in NZ so it doesn't go below 20C but there are lots of crickets in my backyard. I didn't buy any straight away, as I had made a mini cricket farm a few years ago with just dirt as a bottom substrate, in a glass tank in my house and it had worked well. So I caught around 10 females and 4-5 males form my backyard. Well yesterday 4 females were dead, just lying on their backs. I got rid of them and cleaned out the box... today another 3 dead What is happening? Should i bring them inside the house? They are wild crickets and most of the females are winged. Are they just old and died because of shock?
any help appreciated
So I will be getting my BD soon and have started a cricket farm. I have a plastic container, around 60L with dirt containers, water dish and grass, a few foods (carrot/lettuce) and some egg cartons. The box is outside, I'm in NZ so it doesn't go below 20C but there are lots of crickets in my backyard. I didn't buy any straight away, as I had made a mini cricket farm a few years ago with just dirt as a bottom substrate, in a glass tank in my house and it had worked well. So I caught around 10 females and 4-5 males form my backyard. Well yesterday 4 females were dead, just lying on their backs. I got rid of them and cleaned out the box... today another 3 dead What is happening? Should i bring them inside the house? They are wild crickets and most of the females are winged. Are they just old and died because of shock?
any help appreciated