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Now for
shelter within the container. The best thing to use is egg cartons.
They provide a ton of hiding places and increase your floor space.
You could also use toilet or paper towel rolls. These can roll
around though and kill some crickets.
Feeding your crickets the right diet is crucial. Mating and egg
laying will drain your female crickets if they do not have a high
protein diet. I give my crickets cheap dog or cat food. I also
provide my crickets with vegetables once a week. You will need to be
very careful that the veggies you provide don't have pesticides on
them. I have found that growing my own is the easiest way to do
this. I grow mustard and collard greens in my flower beds and give
them to my crickets. I provide water in a shallow jar lid with pea
gravel on the bottom. This prevents smaller crickets from drowning.
Now all you have to do is provide a place for the females to lay
their eggs. Place a small sandwich storage container filled with
moist vermiculite on the bottom of your container. Your females will
start to dig and lay eggs immediately. Now you can either remove the
container and place it in another container until the baby crickets
hatch or you can leave it in with the large crickets.
That's all it takes to breed your own crickets at home. Feel free to
check out our site for more detail about breeding crickets.
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