Where do you keep your crickets?

[bkelley]

I'd love to have a roach colony, but money's tight right now. Unless some extra money falls into our lap it probably won't happen for a few months.

I can relate. I'm a full time college student with a 13 hour a week job. I'm gonna start a dubia colony with the money I was going to use on a bulk shipment of crickets. $45 for 250 small roaches, one adult pair, 1lb of chow, 2 dry oz of water crystals and a 10"x10" screen for the the tote. Since Bane is still little and only eating 15-20 small crickets a day right now, I figure he'll only down a couple roaches and crickets a day, leaving me enough time to start the breeders. I'll still have to go get him crickets every week, though. Luckily I have built some relations with the workers at the Petsmart I buy from. I ask for 3 dozen and I get at least 50 haha.

 

[btrineer]

I keep mine in a 50 gal trash can i bought a Home Depot. I keep about 500 to a thousand in there. I have no problems with them escaping.

 

[Sapphire]

Are you saying your dragons eat 2,000 crickets a month?

Just my two cents: my ONE dragon went through 4,000 crickets in a month before.

 

[mrbeardie]

Are you saying your dragons eat 2,000 crickets a month?

Just my two cents: my ONE dragon went through 4,000 crickets in a month before.

holy hell 4000 crickets..is that what they are supposed to get every month or what?

 

[Trickseedog]

Up until this week I would have said that the cricket keeper has worked great for me. I have a large for bigger crickets and a small for the smaller crickets for my leopard gecko. However, this week I have found more loose crickets than I have seen in the previous 2 1/2 years that I have been keeping crickets!

I buy 80-100 at a time. It saves on waste, but I may start ordering larger quantities to get them cheaper.

 

[bccrt5]

has anyone tried keeping the copntainer with the crickets in it outdoors....is this a possibility....

 

[Sapphire]

has anyone tried keeping the copntainer with the crickets in it outdoors....is this a possibility....

Depends on where you live and what kind of weather you have. Crickets die if their temperatures aren't kept within a certain range.