Cricket digestion

[Paul Rust]

I leave crickets in myself. Cricket bites are rare. I have only seen two in the past ten years.

I have had the same experience. If the crickets are appropriately sized it shouldn't be an issue.

[Ebony]

I bought 50 less than 10mm sized crickets yesterday and they arrived this morning, Cost me $35.00 including postage. I have been a bit apprehensive with crickets as i tried them a year ago and lets just say i had to completely pull my adult enclosure apart as the noise was driving me crazy. I bought this lot for Philomenia & Inshallah so i can get calcium into them. Im out of Locust hatching's so thought they would be just as good. I only put 2 in this morning so well see how it goes. I hope they dont bite Philomenia & Inshallah. I will keep a close eye on them.

Hyla... Have you had a cricket bite your frog?

[Kurt]

Ebony, you bought 50 crickets for $35? OMG! That's criminal.

[Crystal6]

Ebony, you bought 50 crickets for $35? OMG! That's criminal.

O_O Aren't they usually a couple of cents per insect?

[scribbles]

I buy 20x that for less, Ebony!

[Kurt]

O_O Aren't they usually a couple of cents per insect?

Yes, in most places. I normally pay $20 for 1,000. At the Manchester show I paid $10 per 1,000.

[Ebony]

Ebony, you bought 50 crickets for $35? OMG! That's criminal.

Yes, Im afraid so. You can also get 25 large crickets (Im assuming that's adults) for $25.00 incl postage (which is $5.00 by the way).
Keeping Amphibians is not so common here so I guess that's why. You can see why i breed most of my foods. I also catch my own flies. Ive seen Adult Locusts for $1 each.

[Paul Rust]

Yes, Im afraid so. You can also get 25 large crickets (Im assuming that's adults) for $25.00 incl postage (which is $5.00 by the way).
Keeping Amphibians is not so common here so I guess that's why. You can see why i breed most of my foods. I also catch my own flies. Ive seen Adult Locusts for $1 each.

That's insane.