Vacation Feeding

[Fishboy123]

I forgot to mention one question. If you own just one or two frogs, is it worth going through the hassle of breeding crickets.

[Lija]

Absolutely not, even for me and I get 500 crickets every 2 weeks. I tried to breed just to see first hand what is like, too much hassle, stinks like there's no tomorrow lol nope, I much rather buy.
To breed crickets having one or two frogs you gotta be either nuts or extreme smell lover lol

[jarteta97]

Unless, unless, unless, you're me! I had a 40B hermit crab tank, some crickets escaped, made their way into the tank, and breeded like mad demons. Fortunately, I got a new 90 gallon tank for the crabs this past fall. So now I have a constantly replenishing cricket supply and a brand stinking new hermit crab tank

[Fishboy123]

Yea, breeding crickets seems like such a hassle my god i can just imagine the smell! However, I do not want to go to the store every 2 weeks for any animal to get crickets. The only stores that sell crickets near me is petco and they are really terrible. Is there a solution to this?

[elly]

Maybe take a look at the "feeders" section on this site for info about dubia breeding. Dubia are a lot less smelly. I think they only breed at about 90F or so and I don't know how easy it is to get them to do it.

[Crispy42]

I agree with elly. If you're looking to breed your own feeders it seems like dubia roaches are the way to go. I don't have personal experience with it since I couldn't quite get over the squick factor of having adult roaches in the house *shudder* but I've done a bit of research that shows they're easy breeders if kept at warm temps.

Depending on what kind of frog you decide to get, you can get nightcrawlers at walmart if you want to avoid Petco.

[irThumper]

If you want to get crickets shipped in you can try Armstrong's. They've been breeding crickets since the 1940's and raise the original (non-hybridized) browns, which are known to be non-biters. It's not cheap though, so I'd get some smalls/mediums and set them up in some good housing to grow out while you feed them off. Buying full grown adult crickets is a waste of time and money for me because once they are of breeding age they start to drop dead. Bleh. We purchased from Armstrong's years ago when we had FBTs, and they were a pretty good company. Buy Crickets Online | Armstrong Crickets

[irThumper]

Unless, unless, unless, you're me! I had a 40B hermit crab tank, some crickets escaped, made their way into the tank, and breeded like mad demons. Fortunately, I got a new 90 gallon tank for the crabs this past fall. So now I have a constantly replenishing cricket supply and a brand stinking new hermit crab tank

Hey Josh, mind giving me your secrets on cricket propagation?? I'm barking mad too! (aka nuts, well slightly, in a good way... lol)