Does this sound like a good DIY project?

[Baelari]

I picked up about 25 crickets, and they tore through the first cube within a few hours. I guess PetCo starves their crickets. It takes them a few days to go through the second one, maybe they don't like it as much when it's dryer? They dry out pretty fast, so I had to put a moist paper towel in the cricket keeper as well. You have to look at them to make sure they don't spoil, too.

[MeTree]

I picked up about 25 crickets, and they tore through the first cube within a few hours. I guess PetCo starves their crickets. It takes them a few days to go through the second one, maybe they don't like it as much when it's dryer? They dry out pretty fast, so I had to put a moist paper towel in the cricket keeper as well. You have to look at them to make sure they don't spoil, too.

So about how long do the cubes go before they spoil? Do they only spoil when they dry, or do they just spoil anyway? When I get my crickets at Petsmart, they have about 3 food dishs completely packed with those cubes. At least 15 in each small dish. Weird.

[Baelari]

I've only had the cubes for about 4 days, and haven't seen one spoil yet. You do have to keep them in the fridge, so I would guess they mold.

Crickets seem to want to turn their cage into the battledome, still. There's another dead one with all its legs strewn across the bottom of the cricket keeper. Maybe the cubes don't have protein? Since it takes them so long to eat the second cube compared to the first one, I wonder if they really like it so much. I suppose I'm still undecided on the orange cubes.

[LilyPad]

Can you break the jumpy legs off the crickets so they are slower and but still moving? I cut up an actual orange and put it in with my crickets (I freeze the pieces that I'm not using.) That way they get some vit c in them and pass it on to froggy. I also have a mixture of kale, carrots, and fish food that I feed them to gutload...again, the extras are in the freezer so I just have to thaw them out and put them in the cricket keeper. I make a bunch at once and then freeze it in egg cartons so I can just cut a chunk off when they're hungry. That way, if they dont finish it, I can easily pull it back out of there.