Anyone keep crickets?

I keep my roach colony in a plastic tote (w/ a screen added on the top for ventilation) and my feeders in a small tank. They make hardly any noise, if you walk near the bin you can hear a rustling sound. The only time I touch them is on accident lol. Otherwise I use tongs or small pieces of egg crate. unless I'm cleaning then I use a scooper and wear gloves.

I think it would be easier to roast mealworms than it would be to roast crickets. Mealworms are pretty easy to care for as well. Plus they don't chirp, have very little smell and if one gets away it's because you dropped it and didn't notice.

I would think so-they're one of the ingredients used at the Audubon insectarium (which is where I had them)-and they also had "chocolate chirp cookies" as an option.

Mealworms are just plain easier to manage than crickets. Just get a bunch, give them some dirt, and sprinkle some oatmeal or wheat germ in, with some cricket water gel stuff. You'll get grain beetles, and then mealworms, and then more beetles, and more mealworms, etc. You can sift them from the bedding quite easily with a strainer.

Originally Posted by Nanci

Superworms are good dragon food. You just buy a quart-sized bag of food, and 500 superworms, and they last a long time! I kept mine in one of those plastic drawer things from Target.

I gave mine apple slices for moisture.

THAT I can handle. Thanks!

Just looking into this subject myself. I like the idea of knowing the food being eaten by the food for my pets. I agree it sounds a little gross to raise roaches, but so many positives; lack of smell/flight/jumping/biting/vertical climbing/cannibalism, longer lifespan, and nutritional value (highest protein, ~half the fat of worms).

My local reptile shop even sells a starter kit for breeding roaches.