How to Breed Crickets!

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How to Breed Crickets!

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Are crickets easy to breed? YES! today I walk you through the steps of how to breed crickets!
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@XwolfbaneXx 9 ай бұрын

This is a great video. Easy, concise and straight to the point. Thank you.

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help

@Martin-md9no 2 ай бұрын

Very good quality video! As a chameleon keeper, I am thankful for this video.

@joijoi617 4 күн бұрын

0:16 😂. Breading easy maintenance of life difficult

@z0mbie_empire 9 ай бұрын

This is very in depth and I thank you for that

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@Lyeah73 9 ай бұрын

❤ thank you! I’m learning so much from your videos

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@nightmarezero8465 9 ай бұрын

Dont mind me. Just waiting for a dubia roach breeding guide to see EVERYTHING I been doing wrong. 😂

@thecrazycat05 3 ай бұрын

Your in luck he has one 😂

@rrome. 9 ай бұрын

thanks so much! I needed this!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@Cold_Blooded_Gems_ 7 ай бұрын

The tape around the top is brilliant! I typically use vaseline, it’s a mess ! Gnats get stuck in it , it gets all over me , sometimes it gets hot and starts dripping 🥴 today I’m gotta swap everything to tape !

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 7 ай бұрын

I used to use Vaseline as well and know exactly what you mean. I legit hated when it would drip down. Haha.

@itortor 3 ай бұрын

Here when 5.5 gallon tank costs $50 usd

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 3 ай бұрын

Holy smokes! Haha you can use storage tubs as well

@Shortbus-productions 3 ай бұрын

Wdm 70 gallon tank is like 60 bucks at a petco in New Canaan

@masonaguilar4645 2 ай бұрын

I bought a 40 gal for 20 on fb marketplace

@kuringining6653 2 ай бұрын

Here in ph your 50 dollars can have 150 gallons

@GlassLazerrr Ай бұрын

@@Shortbus-productionswoah. A 29 gallon tank is $89 at petco rn.

@zeta9molerat863 13 күн бұрын

You should definitely give some alternative cheaper options for soil and sand reptile.Branded soils and sand are very expensive for no reason

@CrazyGeckoguy2003 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this. Its been super helpful.

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 6 ай бұрын

No problem happy to help!

@sierrayoutube 9 ай бұрын

This is so helpful! How fast do crickets grow to pet store “small” and “large” sizes?

@sierrayoutube 9 ай бұрын

Well you kind of answered right at the end, right after I typed this 😂

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

No worries haha. But yeah around 2-3 months

@Honestly_Marie Ай бұрын

Could you show (or talk about) how you feed your reptiles (specifically the bearded dragon/s) with this cricket setup?

@Swerewolf 16 күн бұрын

How many crickets do you keep in the main enclosure? And when they start to breed / grow, you transfer them over to the main enclosure?

@dominikwendel3560 2 ай бұрын

Very good video, but there are questions I just don't get answers to neither in the Internet nor from people working in the stores. How long does it take for crickets to recover from the transport (dehydration, lack of food, stress), and how long should I let that egg container in the box? I never see crickets actually laying eggs (they are fast as hell and seem to notice when I enter the room, and yes, I tried showering beforehand). Should I let the egg container in the box for a week and then transfer it, although I do not know, if there are eggs at all in the egg box? I wish, there was a picture or table with the life cycle of a cricket and how long it takes from mating to egg deposition.

@Euro.Patriot 4 ай бұрын

I have vermiculite as the substrate 3" deep in an 80L container and I had 500 of them. Now I have about 440 after 3 days. The only reason they're dying I can think of is heat because it's Autumn (about 23°c indoors. There's plenty of food and cardboard (mostly toilet rolls and paper towel roles).

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 4 ай бұрын

I used to use vermiculite but it’s dry and they dehydrated easier. I would switch to regular soil I notice the moisture helps

@Euro.Patriot 3 ай бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverseUpdate They're not dying off now, they won't breed at all. I hear some chirping but no eggs. They all congregate around the small heatpad I got from the local pet store. It's fucking infuriating because I can't find anything about warming crickets without spending alot of money. I have egg crates for them now. How do I heat them?

@Josiahdiaz32111 2 ай бұрын

My question is how do you feed them to your bearded dragon without them jumping out

@theyenvydezzi0513 Ай бұрын

You could get a small cricket keeper container and put it in the tank/bin you keep the crickets in with food in the cricket keeper. Leave it a little bit and some crickets will go in and you can close the lid. Cricket keepers have little tubes on the sides and the crickets will climb up in them to be in the dark. U take out the tube and shake it directly into the enclosure. Or, if you have small egg carton pieces, they’ll climb on and they usually won’t jump off as u pick it up and bring it into the reptile enclosure. Then u can just shake the carton in the tank

@maxtre6496 22 күн бұрын

What's a good website to buy the live crickets from?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 22 күн бұрын

Pangea reptile

@xympha 9 ай бұрын

Super useful!! I've got a crested gecko that really loves her crickets but I've always struggled with keeping them alive and healthy long enough. Didn't know you could use isopods either. Thanks!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@Misskittyclimber Ай бұрын

What luck, a cricket colony video too 😂

@Misskittyclimber Ай бұрын

Hitting marketplace for your spare tanks right now is the cheapest place to get them since the standard is a buck a gallon 😊

@ChiefSweetsUniverse Ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@jamiecartwright6079 10 күн бұрын

Do you keep a separate water source outside of the food? Or how often do you mist the substrate?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 10 күн бұрын

I do not I will most the substrate if it loses moisture

@coryhaskins7969 5 ай бұрын

Hey man I love your Videos! Quick question what size Crickets would you recommend buying to start a colony with? Ive been hearing people say start with 3/4 so roughly 5 week. Is this the size you would start with or go more adult?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 5 ай бұрын

Yeah that’s a great start you can go adult as well if you want. I usually start with adult or pre adult. So almost adults

@Eternal_Vigor 2 ай бұрын

@ChiefSweetsUniverse thanks for the info! BTW what kind of shelving is that behind you? Where did you get it?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I got it at home depot

@stuartgoodrich7712 2 ай бұрын

Nice video. Why do they choose to lay eggs in the container and not the tank substrate? Thanks!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

It’s usually is more moist

@zackkemper6449 2 ай бұрын

Sorry if this is asked already, but how do you move the baby crickets to the adult bin once they grow up? Just wonder what the easiest method would he expecially if you had hundreds to move from the baby tank to the adult tank.

@AdderAfrikaa 5 ай бұрын

Eggs - check Babies - check Growing babies - disappears?? If that makes sense, I get them to about pinhead size then they just disappear and idk what I am doing wrong?😢 otherwise video helped a TON!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help! Did you secure the top with tape? They can climb the glass as babies and escape. Or older crickets eat them

@AdderAfrikaa 5 ай бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverse they are in a plastic tub (very big) with tape and no adults🧐

@ReptilesandResearch 9 ай бұрын

Great video mate!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@danielwatson442 2 ай бұрын

What is a good place to keep the soil with eggs? I can’t think of a very warm spot to keep them other than top of tank.

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

A closet would work

@linwayanimaldiscoverysanctuary 9 ай бұрын

You have amazing videos!

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@thetrekkie52 19 күн бұрын

My container with the cricket eggs keeps growing mold and none of them hatch. Any suggestions on preventing mold?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 19 күн бұрын

Too wet so maybe have a little dryer substrate

@thecrazycat05 3 ай бұрын

Could i use play sand and top soil for the cricket's

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 3 ай бұрын

Yes!

@GP_Frog 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, so much good information.how about the water ? What should I do for that ? Thanks

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! For water they will get all there hydration from the carrots and romaine lettuce

@crossthreadoni6010 9 ай бұрын

Is any isopod ok ? Was also wondering if you had a bioactive bearded dragon cage? Would love to know what isopods you would need for them

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I use any ones I have left. Any will work fine

@nightmarezero8465 9 ай бұрын

Blue and purple powdered isopods and common springtails.

@allpowerfulmitochondria759 2 ай бұрын

Is it worth breeding crickets when I only have 3 lizards? I have a beardie, a red uro, and a northern bluey

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Not really I would just buy them

@bobzak9508 11 сағат бұрын

How many isopods do u put in there for the crickets?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 11 сағат бұрын

At least 20

@bobzak9508 10 сағат бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank u for responding back!!!

@BCastless 3 ай бұрын

How frequently do you swap out the tape so they don't escape?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 3 ай бұрын

Never usually a one and done

@BCastless 3 ай бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverse good to know! Also was curious if the isopods need soil or not.

@wade2skate14 3 ай бұрын

So everything I have read online says that if you put isopods and springtails with crickets, the crickets will eat them all. Is this true? I only have 25 isopods to start, so I'm kind of nervous to "test" it.

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 3 ай бұрын

Definitely not true at all. Maybe if they starved them but sometimes I wonder if the isopods eat the crickets up haha. Buy I breed my isopods for my other tanks in the crickets bins

@dendengz88 9 ай бұрын

Hi, I live in Indonesia and I dont know whats the substitude for top soil, the one we have here have compost etc, can I use reptisoil, excavator clay and reptisand mix for my bearded dragon?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Yes reptisoil excavation clay and reptisand will work

@Auditing.northern.N.Y. 5 ай бұрын

Everything was going fine till I did the rinse and repeat part. Drowned all the poor pinheads during the rinse cycle

@christopher87264 7 ай бұрын

So it wouldn’t work if I just let them hatch in the 10g with the adult crickets? Wouldn’t they just lay the eggs n the substrate n be good?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 7 ай бұрын

It could but the babies get killed off more.

@imam86 2 ай бұрын

Good👍

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@valerieclaireberthiaume831 2 ай бұрын

Can you use regular soil ?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Yes

@MandysReptiles 7 ай бұрын

So the crickets wont lay in the substrate only in sandwich container? or both?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 7 ай бұрын

They usually will always go on the sandwich container but you’ll have some stragglers do it in the soil.

@user-uu4gh5jk6h 7 ай бұрын

So the same soil for both the cricket cage and the baby laying tub?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 7 ай бұрын

Yes

@user-uu4gh5jk6h 6 ай бұрын

@ChiefSweetsUniverse I don't know what I'm doing wrong but my crickets keep dying idk if it's too much moisture or what but I've tried twice now with 120 crickets each time. I feed them the romaine lettuce. I used top soil and play sand. It ended up getting small little white look alike worms both times. Help!!

@diegoredondo1417 2 ай бұрын

Do you ever change the egg cartons?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 2 ай бұрын

Yeah about every 6 months

@RONPEE-STINGER 22 күн бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniversethats a long time I own crickets and the carton are nasty after a week

@user-pg7sv9yo6j 9 ай бұрын

Hi chief, I really want to convert my leopard gecko tank to bioactive, but I was not sure if my wooden tank would start to rot. If it is possible could you please make a tutorial on how to do it. thanks for all the videos

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

Gotcha I have some bioactive wooden enclosures. I sealed them with sanded grout then drylock they are holding up perfect

@user-pg7sv9yo6j 9 ай бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverse thank you

@suki3katsuki209 3 ай бұрын

Can i use crickets from petsmart to breed?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 3 ай бұрын

Yes

@abominablebumble7180 4 ай бұрын

I noticed you use leaves. What kind do you use?

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 4 ай бұрын

Pecan leaves from my backyard

@abominablebumble7180 4 ай бұрын

Hi Chief Thank you for your reply! Do you have to sanitize the leaves before you use them?

@glorias.2930 9 ай бұрын

Do you let your bearded dragon explore around your home? I've been letting my BABY bearded dragon roam around our apartment living room (we vacummed and removed unsafe objects) for 20 minutes a day, since I know they need to bask in their enclosure for 12 hrs under UVB. He is in a 40 gallon tank.

@ChiefSweetsUniverse 9 ай бұрын

That’s sounds perfect! Let them get that roaming time

@glorias.2930 9 ай бұрын

@@ChiefSweetsUniverse Thank you! That gives me peace if mind. Do you do paid consultations where I can call you and ask you questions for a fee? (I'm not a scammer, btw).