If you don't want to have to go to the pet store once a week for crickets, you can breed you own! It's easy. Here's how:


What you'll need:

• 2 ENCLOSURES (ONE SMALL, ONE LARGE) WITH LIDS: small aquarium, large Rubbermaid container, or tupperware, etc.
• HIDING PLACES: cardboard egg crate, empty toilet paper rolls
• SOIL
• SPRAY BOTTLE
• CRICKETS!

Step 1. In the larger container you should put in plenty of hiding places. Sometimes the crickets will fight and/or eat each other if they can not hide.

Step 2. In the smaller container you should fill the bottom with moist soil. This is where the females lay their eggs. The soil must always be moist! You can use the spray bottle for that, I would spray once a day. Add in a hiding place or two.

Step 3. Add about 6-10 of the larger crickets to the smaller cage with the moist soil. Give them finely diced vegetables to eat, and some lettuce or an orange slice for moisture. They will drown in a water bowl.

Step 4. Add remaining crickets to larger container. Also give them veggies and lettuce. This will be the main cricket tank.

Step 5. Be sure each container has air holes!

Important:

• Feed crickets every day with fresh veggies. Add cricket gut the day before you plan to feed them to your frog (gives extra vitamins to frog)
• Keep the soil moist in the breeding tank. Moist soil is the key!
• After about 2 weeks you can remove the "breeder crickets" and put them into the larger tank ....or feed them to your frog.
• You will notice after about 2 weeks you will have small ant-like insects in your breeding tank. These are the babies, be sure to feed them veggies also. You no longer need to spray the soil.
• When large enough you can transport young crickets to larger tank and repeat process.
• You'll want to keep the tanks clean to avoid any insect diseases that may affect your frog. After each set of young crickets are put into larger tank, clean out breeder tank and add new soil. You may have to clean around the crickets in the larger tank, depending in how many you have and how annoying it would be to remove them all with out losing them!
• Tanks should be stored in a warm, dry area. Do not leave outside or in a garage. It may get too cold at night or too hot during the day.
• A closet or cupboard would be an ideal place for your crickets. They like it dark.

Variation:

If you only have one large tank you can put a small amount of soil in the corner of it for breeding. Make sure to keep it moist. The crickets will surely make a mess of it....dragging it all around the cage and into food. That's why I separate them.

WARNING:
If you don't like the sound of chirping crickets......I suggest not breeding your own. When they reach breeding age they will chirp all day and all night!
Also, they can be a bit smelly. Keep them in an area where you don't have to smell them.

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