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David,
I'll try this again. I purchase egg filler
flats from www.uline.com . You can
purchase a bundle of 140 flats for only $29!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 7:12
AM
Subject: Re: [gecko]Geckos and
crickets
Hello,
Where does one purchase
the cardboard egg cartons used by most cricket
suppliers??
David
At 09:01 PM 10/31/2003 -0500, you
wrote:
Hi Stacy---
I use the guidelines below for
1,000 1 week old or 1,000 2 week old crickets at a time. It seems to
me that a tank between 10-20 gallons would be ample room for 500-l,000
larger
crickets.
Hassle-free Cricket Care
Take a suitably sized container, for instance, an extra large
Kritter Keeper (14.5 inches x 7 inches x 9.5 inches) or a 5-10 gallon
aquarium. Place dry oatmeal and a gutload such as Fluker Farm's
High-Calcium Cricket Feed (800-735-8537, www.flukerfarms.com)
on the bottom of the cage. Add your crickets. Next place a
double layer of egg cartons in the container. On top of the egg
cartons place a folded paper towel. The cage can be covered with a
lightweightcloth (over the cage, but under the lid) if you are worried about
crickets escaping. Then add the screen for the lid. Spray the
paper towel generously every other day. Keep crickets between 70 F and
the mid 80s. They will grow faster if warmer, but seem to do fine at
70 F. If room temperatures exceed 85 F spray the paper towel
daily.
Spraying the paper towel is an
excellent way to provide moisture for your crickets and save them from
perishing from too much moisture. Crickets may
be gutloaded with a wide variety of supplements: Nature Zone's Total Cricket
Bites (a green jello-like substance) found at [http://naturezone.fauna.com], zucchini, carrots,
collard greens, TetraMinTropical Flakes (Rich Mix--46%
protein).
To breed crickets you will need
mature crickets, a higher minimum temperature, and an 8 ounce deli cup
containing approximately 6 ounces of moist potting soil kept within
the same Kritter Keeper setup.
This is a great way to breed those
difficult-to-ship pinheads!
Elizabeth
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