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                | MidnightPondweed
 
 
 
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                      |  Posted - 05/06/2011 :  08:33:30     
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                      | Does anyone here breed crickets? If so, how do you do it? |  | 
              
                | KazerellaThe Amphibian Administrator
 
    
 
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                      |  Posted - 08/06/2011 :  16:08:43       
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                      | I've only managed it once, and the best way I've found is to keep a tub of damp eco-earth in there with them. The females have somewhere to lay their eggs then. 
 http://www.theamphibian.co.uk/crickets_live_food_care_sheet.htm
 
 Not really tried properly though, that was a fluke. Creepy crawlies don't last very long in our house. Too many things want to eat them :0)
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                | MidnightPondweed
 
 
 
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                      |  Posted - 09/06/2011 :  11:28:56     
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                      | Thanks, Kazerella,it does sound difficult to breed crickets. I think I'll go on buying them. |  
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                | KazerellaThe Amphibian Administrator
 
    
 
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                      |  Posted - 13/06/2011 :  10:26:41       
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                      | It is definitely worth a try though, like I said I only put a damp tub of soil in and got results. 
 Worth leaving one in anyway, just in case. They may even drink from the damp substrate, so could make them live a bit longer too.
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                | KehhlyrThe Amphibian Administrator
 
   
 
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                      |  Posted - 18/06/2011 :  23:03:09       
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                      | Has anyone tried roachs with their 'phibs?? It's a lot easier (and less smelly) to have a nice dubia roach colony and if your frogs eat them could make things a lot easier.
 
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                      | -=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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                | lewyThe Amphibian Administrator
 
     
 
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                      |  Posted - 21/06/2011 :  13:59:08       
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                      | I agree dubias are great if your phibs will take them. Our whites and love them, richard (Squar marked toad) isn't as keen. The mighty Alberto will eat anything... fingers included. Dubia roaches are really easy to set up, keep and breed as well. various stages of the life cycle will do various size frogs too
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                      | Lewy
 
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