Crickets can be easily bred in large numbers in a small space quickly and easily.
The main use of crickets is for the feeding of various pets including reptiles,
birds, heghogs, frogs, fish and many more.
Why breed your own crickets?
A box of crickets cost £2.95 at big pets store chains in the uk for around 20 to 30 adult crickets.
These store bought crickets are not fed in-store and many are often dead in the box.
When crickets are not fed a good nutrishios diet they will not provide good nutrishion for your pets leading to health problems and shortened lifespans.
- Save money
- Make money
- Interesting hobby
- Learn about insect biology and habits
- Fun project
- Crickets make interesting and active pets
Probloms with cricket breeding
The main reason people do not breed there own crickets is the maintenance
and smell of the crickets. I have designed original products I am selling that solve these 2 probloms and save people time and money when feeding pets.
The smell can be elemenated by using mesh instead of plastic and using a trey to collect the cicket mess.
A set up like this will not need much matance at all, you will just need to add egg laying trey filled with soil for the crickets to lay eggs in and empty the mess trey once a week. Apart from that just add food!
Diet
The diet of a mealworm beetle is wide and varied and they are not fussy eaters requiring a specific diet. Darkling beetle and mealworm diet can be broken down in to 3 sections. Carbohydrates protein and moisture.
Carbohydrates- Bread oats and nuts are recommended as the main source of carbs for the insects. They should also be fed vegetables for extra carbs and micro nutrients.
Protein- The most overlooked part of any insect diet is protein. Many insect keepers make the mistake of giving no protein source whatsoever, this mistake leads to cannibalism and egg eating as well as less egg production and laying.
I would recommend dry or wet cat or dog food. If the food is dry it will need to be crushed first. You can also use nuts, soybeans and or milk powder.
Moisture- Insects can get all of there moisture from vegetables. I would recommend cucumber as the best source for this but almost every vegetable can be used but you should avoid citrus and acidic fruits. You could also mist to keep the insects more healthy. Bug gel could also be used but can be expensive. Bug gel will eliminate food moulding.
Please see my other posts for more info on breeding crickets and other insects!
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