Quote Originally Posted by Kisa View Post
Hey guys, just had a quick question regarding one of my crickets. I don't breed them, wasn't sure it was even that easy but I've been noticing how much of you do it and started thinking it might be a good idea to save me some cash...

But anyway, off topic.

Is this cricket pregnant...?



Gross........

And if she is (I see the ovipositor on her nasty ***...>>) pregnant, would it still be ok to feed her to Bruce? I kind of have a problem with feeding a pregnant cricket who's all full of babies and such to my frog...it's kind of...an ethical dilemma? Oh geez I sound stupid...but whatever, is it safe to feed her to Bruce Campbell (Whites Tree Frog)?

Thanks.
I do not know of a way to tell if a female cricket is pregnant. However every time I purchased some crickets the larger females will begin laying egss in the container I have setup for that purpose inside the holding tub. I would have to say if there are both larger male and females together then they will be pregnant. The lifespan of crickets is something around 8 weeks. So feel free to feed your older females to the frogs. I fact right now my breeding crickets are all old and dying off.

As for the ovipositor, ( the long thing coming out the back of the female ), you can always cut it off. Just really depends on the size of the frog eating.