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Subject: Re: Cricket Care Info
Posted by Susan on January 09, 1999 at 17:07:02:
In Reply to: Cricket Care Info posted by Slimbuddha on January 09, 1999 at 16:25:58:
: Ok Ok Ok, maybe not expert, but I do have alot of experience with these nasty bugs. I have several lizards in the house, so i have to keep my crickets stockpiled. here are a few suggestions about keeping crickets:
: 1) keep them in a small tank or preferably they sell these plastic houses at pet stores labelled Kritter keepers, they run about $3-7 depending on size, and they are escape proof for crickets.
: 2) When you buy crickets at a petstore, they are generally starving and not much of a nutritious meal. Before feeding them to any animal, make sure they are given some food, and preferable dust their food with calcium and vitamins. (this is called gut loading), that way, they are nutritious to the animal you are feeding. use any type of fruit or vegatable cut open, baby food, apple sauce. (I feed my crickets the same food I give to my gliders or the veggie salad i feed to my iguana).
: 3) In the "cricket house" provide water (in a shallow dish, so they do not drown). Also paper towel or bathroom rolls (this increases the surface area so that the crickets have plenty of room (and don't eat/kill each other).
: 4) I never feed my pets crickets to my pets, as soon as i come from the petstore, I always buy a few days in advance, so that i can get them well fed and full of vitamins. I usually get the medium size crickets, that way the won't die real quick (also they aren't mature, so they won't sing).
I do not, I repeat, I do not - want to come back to my next life as a cricket.....
: If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
: Ron
: SlimBuddha@yahoo.com