How best to keep the food.

[Mentat]

I keep mine in a large critter keeper with egg carton material. Feed them romaine lettuce, carrots, and cherios cereal changed daily .

[elly]

I was cheap and made my own keeper: a large tupperware box with mesh glued over a hole in the top. I usually put in nutritious vegetables that will keep a few days, carrots, raw sweet potatoes, squash. I had lettuce, but found it attracted fruit flies and wilted quickly. Same thing with cabbage and broccoli. The raw vegetables provide some water, but I like to use water crystals as well.

Egg carton is good if it's crowded in there.

If I only have a few crickets I put them in a clear plastic cup with a lid, the kind with an x-shaped hole in the top for a straw. I used a styrofoam carton instead of a paper one once, but it looked like the cricket was eating the styrofoam.

I've had the problem with feeder crickets getting too big, but I just moved those off into a separate bin with sand at the bottom. Hopefully they'll start laying eggs when the weather warms up.

[LilyPad]

I do pretty much the same as Carlos, just with a big variety of foods. Any fresh fruits and veggies should be changed daily to prevent things from getting yucky.