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Posted by WIll on February 12, 2002 at 11:39:37:

I'm planning on starting a small cricket breeding colony which will hopefully produce about 300 crix/month and I've read everything I could get my hands on. Judging from the previous posts here one of the bigger problems is getting the baby crickets to actually survive. Is there anything special that needs to be done in order for them to survive...?

I''l post my plans, and if someone can offer some advice, it'd really be appreciated. I was planning on keeping roughly 30 breeders in one container(probably a Rubbermaid), and have 2 other containers for the babies. I was planning on feeding the adults a dog food/skim milk powder plus fruits for moisture -- Does that sound good...? Hopefully that'll work because we've usually got lots of that stuff hanging around the house anyways. Can that also be feed to the babies...? I'll get a heating pad(anyone know where to find cheap ones...?) to provide heat to the eggs/babies, but the adults will be at room temp(roughly 65-ish). I'd also have the usual stacked egg cartons in there as well. Water will be via water/sponge in a lid. For the egg-laying pot, I was going to use a deli tub filled with moist soil. In the breeding tank the lid would be off, but in the hatching container, I was going to put the lid on to prevent drying, with a small hole(not fingernail size, carpenter nail size) in the lid for ventilation. Is that good, or will the hole allow mold in there...?

That's all I can think of right now, thanks for any input.

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: I'm planning on starting a small cricket breeding colony which will hopefully produce about 300 crix/month and I've read everything I could get my hands on. Judging from the previous posts here one of the bigger problems is getting the baby crickets to actually survive. Is there anything special that needs to be done in order for them to survive...? : I''l post my plans, and if someone can offer some advice, it'd really be appreciated. I was planning on keeping roughly 30 breeders in one container(probably a Rubbermaid), and have 2 other containers for the babies. I was planning on feeding the adults a dog food/skim milk powder plus fruits for moisture -- Does that sound good...? Hopefully that'll work because we've usually got lots of that stuff hanging around the house anyways. Can that also be feed to the babies...? I'll get a heating pad(anyone know where to find cheap ones...?) to provide heat to the eggs/babies, but the adults will be at room temp(roughly 65-ish). I'd also have the usual stacked egg cartons in there as well. Water will be via water/sponge in a lid. For the egg-laying pot, I was going to use a deli tub filled with moist soil. In the breeding tank the lid would be off, but in the hatching container, I was going to put the lid on to prevent drying, with a small hole(<i>not</i> fingernail size, <u>carpenter</u> nail size) in the lid for ventilation. Is that good, or will the hole allow mold in there...? : That's all I can think of right now, thanks for any input.

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