Thats a lot of question I'll do my best with my limited knowledge.

1. I use a medium Rubbermaid container. I cut out the middle of the top and then duct taped screening over the hole (so the Crickets get good air circulation)

2. I buy my cricket food from Josh's Frogs - Largest online herps feeders and reptile supplies store

3. Don't use water. Crickets are suicidal little punks. I buy Cricket water gel from Josh's Frogs - Largest online herps feeders and reptile supplies store as well. The crickets can climb all over it and drink water but not get stuck or drown.

4. Use egg crates for them to hide in - I bought 10 of them from Josh's Frogs - Largest online herps feeders and reptile supplies store. Stack them on one side of the Rubbermaid bin in such a way it creates a little space between each one for crickets to hid in.

5. Keep the Crickets warm. They like it in the high 80s. Up into the low 90s and they could start breeding, but that is a whole other bag of worms


To get the crickets out to feed to frogs I use a glass/pyrex bowl. I pick up an egg crate and shake some into the bowl. Then dump out the extras until I have the proper amount for my frogs. easy peasy.

Dust the crickets with some Calcium with D3 and then randomly (I do it once a week but maybe 2 times a week is better) change from Calcium with DS to a multivitamin.

The Cricket food from Joshsfrogs will gut load the Crickets without killing them. This will make the crickets even more nutritious for your frogs. If you don't use Cricket food I have found baby carrots work great. Loaded with good vitamins for the frogs.

I use to use a small cricket keeper and it was just a pain in the butt to give the crickets water or food. The size of the rubbermaid container will largely depend on the number of crickets you want to have on hand. I bought 500 Crickets (I bought them smaller than I really wanted with the expectation that they will grow) so I needed a fairly large container.

Hope this all helps in some small way.

Paul