Freezing and Thawing Crickets?

[flybyferns]

Hi Claudia,
Jeff is right ! "Crickets are a pain in the butt" !!! And we are happy to help
I though I might try . Lets face it , we need live feeders for our tree frogs; we have no choice.

I'm sure you know that preparing for breeding them is very different then keeping them for feeders.
Keeping the cricket bin(s) -clean- IS a lot of work. The breeder bin, on the other hand, should be quite simple, easy to keep and never smelly.. until the little minis hatch.. That's when the work starts! Keep in mind ,a bin should not be over crowded.

The cricket/feeder bin should never "smell horrid". If it does, it simply means there are too many in the bin and the bin is not changed out often enough. It gets yuckie very quickly !

Here's a tip:
I feed 9 tree frogs. ( every night ). I have 4 cricket bins. I rotate them. 2 active w/crickets in them and 2 ( empty) for a 'cleaning' / exchange. Cleaning/exchange meaning .......once a week I set up the 2 clean bins and transfer the crickets. I may at the same time be adding a recent purchase of crickets.

I am actually doing a cricket bin cleaning today.
My dirty cricket bin is about a week old. It does not smell ( note: I do not feed my crickets fruit or vegetables, I purchase ready-made and make my own cricket food) If you keep egg crates and paper towel rolls in the bottom-- they will poop on that instead of on the bottom of the bin.

here are 2 dirty bins :
close up of a dirty bin

and 2 cleans bin waiting for the transfer:


I hopes this helps ?
Lynn