The Best Way To Keep CRICKETS Alive LONGER
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- how to keep crickets alive for longer. With everyone bulk buying crickets at the minute it's important to know how you can keep them alive for alot longer so the crickets don't keep dieing before feeding them to your pet reptile. Weather your feeding your crickets to a bearded dragon or feeding crickets to a Savannah monitor these 3 ways to keep crickets alive for longer really will help.
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My mom: *about to throw cardboard and toilet rolls away
Me: mom don’t!!!
My mom: why?
Me: it’s a reptile thing you wouldn’t understand.
Exactly
my crickets kept dying and I didn't know why, I had to keep going back to the store every few days for new ones 😅 This was very very helpful thank you!
Omg same
You are actually very smart i’m glad I picked this video
Thanks for watching
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS I was wondering when do the crickets need to be cleaned and by them not getting cleaned results to them dying as well right?
Makes sense to be kind to these little guys. That is a good home for them in their short lives.
Hi, I just got a pet cricket name Jiminy Cricket! This is his first night with me and he's doing very well now! This is a really good video, and I recommend this to anyone who cares for crickets, feeders or not!
You keep them as pets too!I thought I was the only weirdo!
My Pet Cricket Also wkwkwkw
I saw the later part of the video and I found out that you use them for your reptiles.. I just love to hear them sing.
Brilliant video! Great job covering the various reasons crickets don't survive long and showing us the best ways to keep them longer. Brilliant job!
Just discovered your channel after starting a small breeder of crickets and mealworms for my anoles.. Thanks for the great tips about the dehydration and adding moist fruit to their diet to help!
Giving some advice, get a plastic storage bin and don't use any substrate go bare bottom, instead of banana peels use a slice potato for a water source and change it every 5 days, you should get low protein dry cat food and crush some up put it in a bowel that they could climb into this will give them tons of nutrition, every few weeks vacuum crickets waste up around the corners of the bin and of course not to suck up crickets in vacuum lol but by doing it this way the crickets won't smell.
That wouldn’t work for a lot of reptiles. I wouldn’t recommend using cat food on feeder insects. Potatoes are also full of starch so you wanna go for vitimin rich fruits vegetables like carrots radishes apples etc.
@@makennabelle6279 l been using cat food for years too gutload my feeders and had a problem, potatoes are good only for a water source and won't grow mold as fast like fruit would.
@@Taurusthebull8 most cat food unless it’s an organic brand has a lot of animal fat, animal bi product meal and other nasty greasy things that aren’t good for reptiles. Take a look at the ingredients list it’s pretty gross. I personally would not do that.
@@makennabelle6279 No i don't get just any brand of dry food, it's a low protein diet cat food.
I add a sprinkling of oats and fish flakes to mine, along with a slice of fruit or vegetable.
I'm new to reptile keeping. My sister gave me one of her leopard geckos to foster and have been looking after her for a few months and one thing I noticed was how smelly crickets were! I got the same faunarium from Exo Terra in your video and have just grabbed a big tub of vermiculite to combat the smell! Thank you so much great informational video. :)
Cucumbers work really well for hydration too!
Very informative learned a couple new things thanks
Definitely needed this video. I have no luck keeping crickets alive for extended periods of time. Thanks again for this Richard. One question what are the the best temperature ranges for keeping crickets in the long run?
I would say 25-28°c ish.
@@Deviousgeezajr Thanks
I'm learning as I go. Number one thing with crickets is hydration make sure they have adequate water and food.
Cricket is cold-blooded, so generally to keep them live longer you need to cool them down to slow down their metabolism, and they would then eat less and are also less aggressive in cooler temperature
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SOOOOOO HELPFUL !!!! THANK YOU !!! I’m so so glad I clicked on your video :)
2:05 / 11:12 Crickets die from dehydration.. It took me decades before I learn why there were patches of crickets and their sound. While other places had none. It's moisture. I hand water the garden and I noticed when I wet the places where I knew there were some crickets. They would be louder when I dampened the thick plants where they hid. Even the cicadas would be louder when I wet the branches of the trees.
Thank you so much for the great info on keeping crickets alive longer. I do have a question about cleaning the cricket cage. Do you dump everything out when all the live crickets are gone including the vermiculite? I liked your fruit idea. My crickets didn't seem interested in the water crystals but they always went to the potato and apple slices and the
Thank you for sharing your genus tricks! Never thought to put vermiculite on the bottom of my cricket bin. I'm definitely going to try that. 😁👍
Keep me posted how you get on
I use paper towels for the bottom of a 5 gallon tank. I cut the paper towels to the size of the tank. It is a glass 5 gallon tank and I keep it clean.
THANK YOU! Getting a jumping spider soon and i’m preparing all the details!
I like this guy he seems pretty nice.
Thanks for your tutorial. I’m in Oklahoma, USA.
I don't need to keep large numbers of crickets, as I'm only feeding three small tree frogs, so I hate to buy special substrate for their enclosure. Would it be safe to keep them on pelleted pine bedding? I do have plenty of that on hand, as I use it in my cats' litter boxes. It's not the spendy kind actually marketed as cat litter, it's sold as horse bedding, but it's the same thing, and it's absolutely brilliant at keeping odors at bay. It would be wonderful if I could use it for feeder insects, as well.
You don't actually need any substrate. Bare plastic is fine. Just be mindful about not putting food or water crystals on cricket droppings, and you're good! You can use a small piece of wax paper (though they sometimes eat a little of it) or probably aluminum foil to provide a clean place to set food/water.
wonderful sharing brother ❤
Thanks Richard. Mine always died off so fast.
Thank you so much for this video! You crammed a lot of very useful knowledge in 11 minutes! I wish I would’ve found you sooner. I just subscribed & plan on watching all your videos. Please keep up the great work!
@NORTHERN EXOTICS what type of crickets are those?
A banana peel will attract fruit flies like crazy and leaf litter attracts moths.
I'm gonna try using water gells instead of wet papertowls. Problem is if any have died I can't find them.
Great video! Ty so much!!! 💯🙏🏻✨❤️🌎
Nice video sooo much info! Subscribed for sure!
Is there a certain temperature they need to be kept at? Also do you need to add cricket food too? Surely they don't live on banana peels alone... do you need to add the hydrated crystals also ?
They're cold blooded so put them in room or cool temperature. Crickets eat waste organic food such as apple or banana. Hydrated Crystals aren't necessary lol if you want to hydrate your crickets just use wet sponge or wet paper
I have one cricket and want to keep it as a pet. How do I feed it? What kind of home should I make for it? I want to keep it alive.
Awesome video!! Thank you
I have a cricket and its leg is paralysed sticking up and it will not move unless if i bend it, it cannot walk or just because of it, is there anything i can do
I have pet crickets that are over 3 years old. About 30 of them. They are cool.
Nice :) Thanks :) I need some good advice regarding crickets :)
I have an extra 10gallon aquarium. How many crickets can it hold if I buy a large amount.
I used to buy 1000 at a time and kept them in a big tub in my basement. Now I have a 10 gallon aquarium to use and I’ve had trouble keeping even 250 alive. I think the light is bothering them. I’m going to move them to a dark area as well.
How many crickets were in that container that you added?
For water use water crystals by Flunkers and feed them Romain and other raw greens like spinach. 3 year old crickets so take this seriously because mine are happy and are the oldest house crickets, pets, I have ever heard of. Take this advice and you will not fail
Change food twice a day and add water crystals. Never let them go without crystals
They are like little pieces of orange jello.
What kind of crickets live to 3 years old?
My baby died after 27 days and i want to know why 😢
How do you catch them in there without having some escaping?
😀 This is the only bug I dare to touch with my hands
I personally can touch any incect, no matter the size, even arachnids like large spiders and stuff, but when I see a caterpillar or worm, I am already at least 20m away from that thing
Yup that and mealworms
Thank you.
Can i feed crickets just one kind of food or a variety of them
Thank you
What about orange peel? Is that just as good
How many crickets can you store in that large of a feeder with that set up?
Once one of my crickets got out and headed to my moms room then it climbed on her pillow and she screamed and flung it across her room 😂
Absolutely brillant! I've hated the smell and I already have vermiculite on hand so I look forward to trying that. TYSM!
Can I use paper towels for a substrate for the crickets?
Yea
Can I use perlite?
I’ve heard you can make a paper towel moist and put them in it and they will drink from it is this true?
Yes. Same with a damp sponge. My only issue with that is if it stays wet for to long bacteria can grow
NORTHERN EXOTICS thanks a lot I’m surprised you would respond to comments there isn’t a lot of you tubers like that
Thanks my dude! Very helpful exactly the info I was looking for!! 👌👍👍
what about a shallow water dish with glass beads? thats what i have planned but if you say NO water ill just stick with no water
I use a small pet pen toilet roll in bottom, n add veg and toilet roll n egg crate there the most chilled insect when cleaning them
My crickets don’t just eat each other when they die, my crickets purge each other,
one night I heard squeaking not normal squeaks but sounding distressful, next morning I found one ripped in half.
It’s seriously annoying because my tarantula only eats one a week so I can only buy packs of multiple crickets just to only get 1 feed out of them.
Lol
tip buying from the supplier way cheaper especially if u buy bulk I can buy 1 kg of fresh live mealworms for 60 bucks, petshop ones can most of the time be on the verge of death so suppliers will have fresh never transported insects for ya
@Vlad Impaler that's alright bulk buying is best
@Vlad Impaler yes that's wat I did with the roaches they breed by em selves an no incubator required and they're not cannibals
You can also use moist paper towel but not soaking
I’m really nervous about keeping crickets especially because they’re jumpy and if God forbid one gets lose and my mum Finds it in the Kitchen she gon kill me and my Reptiles ..😀
I’m still gonna taker the risk it’s a good feeder
No, crickets need a very specific environment in which to breed. In your home....will never happen. One gets out....very easy to find them, just follow their chipping and spray with bug killer. WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS TO USE FEEDER ROACHES!!!!! If those MF get out.... well, you'll need an exterminator and a BIG PROBLEM!!!! Crickets are the way to go. I've taken one of my cats big 17lb litter plastic containers and made it into a cricket keeper. Cheap, effective, and great way to keep your best feeders alive.
A while back I found a domestic beetle in my cricket container I didn’t know what it was thinking it was bug attracted to the Apple so I decided to kill it thinking it was going to disease my crickets and disease my bearded Dragon
That would probably have been a Dermestid Beetle. They help keep things clean
What fruits and veggies are best to feed crickets? I'm looking to breed them to feed off. How many should I start off with? I was thinking 250 3/4". Is "cricket food" ok for them on top of fruits and veggies or not needed? Sorry I'm new to this 😅.
My crickets love sweetcorn, thin slices of courgettes and grapes and tomatoes cut in half. Also they like lettuce once it’s gone limp. The dry food I give them is tropical fish flakes which they love. They have a lot of protein in so hopefully will stop them seeing each other as lunch! I also give them bug food and gel balls. Good luck with breeding them 🙂.
:20 the 🖕🏼st way, the ✌️nd way. For real. 😂
Are crickets community creatures, do they need other crickets to be happy and healthy?
Thank you so much :)
How do you get the crickets out without them all escaping.
Stick tub in open lid n let em jump out or tip em out carefully use tweezers
OMG I THINK YOU EARNED ME A FROG
Hi how you doing xx
I cant stand crickets, its too much noise for me! Haha i always end up with strays living in my house.
Only the adult crickets make a lot of noises
@@mr.bennett1807 crickets are trash lol
@@mustachadon my lizard love them
I’m not trying to feed my cricket to my pets he is my friend 😢❤😊 best Friend I will not let enything hapen to him ❤
Can ya use perlite buddy?
I've never done it but properties are similar
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS TYSM for your reply but after a week i still had a smell from them so i changed to vermiculite. I also gave breeding them and i was successful first time and have hundreds of them growing fast haha ty again for your vids mate there so helpful
When do you pull out the banana peel and put a new one in, every day?
Yup. I offered my crickets i just bought at Kelley’s Pets 3 test tubes with drinking water ☝️ Good thing i keep ants
how much did u pay
Are crickets safe? Are they clean comparing from cockroaches?
Why do you need a vermiculite substrate? Why not keep a clean tank and possibly add a vermiculite incubator/egg tray if you want to breed more crickets? I do keep and breed crickets and there's a lot of nonsense in this video.
I struggle keeping the locusts alive more than any other insect
He said “these animals” lol
Nice 👍
Man thank you here I thought I was doing something but I was actually help kill them THANK you for taking the time
What is best to use if you are squeemish??
I'm curious to hear a warning about fruit flies preceding the suggestion to using a banana peel, the thing we used in my science class to attract fruit flies in middle school. Does anyone have experience with banana peels?
Very-new here, got my son a leopard gecko three days ago and we bought 30 medium crickets and the happy-looking gecko started hungry and almost immediately took like 6 the first time and has been eating fine from what I can tell: a few are still alive in the tank with his or her permission, a few are still alive in the plastic box thing I got online with a vent and a tiny plastic feeding thing (where I stuck some fake orange stuff from pet store that's of course made to feed them), a few escaped so I had to kill them before they left the room, and now a few are left. But several died. The store told me they'd throw in a few extras to compensate for the dead ones and I didn't count and maybe they didn't either, but is losing about 1/5 on the first run a bad one?
We're still locked down. Im over it.
Weeks? Mine survive a day or two haha
How a fruit or a vegetable could be not organic 🤦♂️
It's not organic if the farmer sprays Insectasides or fertalisers . I can't spell haha
@@NORTHERNEXOTICS food marketing really did miracles
He literally has a fucking bug on his face while he's taking in this video.....how fucking appropriate!!!!
Wtf are u talking about? His piercing? Ur trippin dude.
No that’s or anything, but there’s like this black dot by your mouth I think it’s probably just a mole or something like I said no offense just noticing it😊
Get to it man. I don’t want to have a conversation. I want facts and bullet points
Don’t be a prick he’s just trying to help people. Don’t tell him how to do his videos.
when he goes to the organic bs you know he is full of shit. he has no idea what kills the crickets. amazing how little it takes to put up a video.
Thanks A Lot! Now I know how to keep my crickets alive. 🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️🏌🏾♂️