Where do you keep your stock of crickets, if you don't mind me asking? And do you have some food and a piece of egg carton in the box or carrier or whatever you have them in?

The first time I bought crickets I threw them in an old critter carrier my friend gave me with some Fluker's Cricket Quencher and a wet sponge and half of them drowned to death while the others just died from stress. :/ You can say I was pretty shocked and a little upset that I spent money on food for my beloved White's and now had barely any because they all decided to croak on me.

After that I went back and got more and learned that if you put a piece of egg carton in the box with them and got rid of the sponge it would keep them alive longer. First of all, the sponge was a bad idea because the Cricket Quencher is a source of water in itself and it says right on the bottle that they don't need another water source. :/ Secondly, they make their home in the egg carton and throwing a small section of one in there makes them happier, and happier = healthier. ^ ^ So, all my crickets lived through a month of feeding, I think only two or three died and that was a result of the other crickets attacking and eating them...not sure why they do that. >> But now my crickets even sing at night! XD Unknowing of their own fate...>>

But anyway, long story short, if you put a piece of egg carton and some cricket food in there it might help them to last longer. Also keep them in a cool, dark place. Crickets love to creep around unseen in the darkness after hours. >>

If you're already doing this stuff and they're still dying, then I have no idea what the problem could be. D: I don't really feed my White's other stuff (the occasional mealworm), as I am afraid of the blindness factor and the fact that one of my White's is grossly overweight as it is, he doesn't need any more chitin. XD