Mass cricket death--help?

[billybatz9]

Dead crickets will kill the live crickets (the smell and humidity dead crickets cause)
Too much humidity will kill them. Make sure you keep them somewhere dry
Too cold and they will die. Make sure you keep them somewhere warm.
Different size crickets will not be good. Big ones will eat the small ones.
Make sure you have lots of climbing things (paper rolls or egg crate) or they will step all over one another and kill each other.
Make sure you always have fresh food and some sort of hydration.

Heres a pretty good care guide. Cricket Care

[AmberPye]

BillyBatz9:

That's all great, and what I'm already doing. Well, except the cold, it didn't occur to me.

This is mass death. At least 90% of my crickets just up and died... Ish. Some of them are still twitching. I'm trying to see if some heat can revive them, but so far, no go.

[Lija]

This may help you
How to Keep Crickets Alive Longer :Guide to Breeding Feeder Crickets very good article and down below about virus that affects crickets, that is I think your crickets have.

However.... No matter what you do you will have smell and deaths. A lot! I never buy more then I can use in a week, 250-500 at a time lol about 20-25% will die anyway.
Another thing to consider, these cricket keepers are horrible, just get a plastic bin, cut off window in a lid for ventilation, glue mesh ( I use window screen), place a lot of egg crates, water gel and some food. Place them in a warm, dark place.

[flybyferns]

http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...et-helper.html

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