Hi - I think the issue with the water crystals is that they are made from polyacrylamide. Non food grade polyacrylamide often contains acrylamide which is a neurotoxin. Also, polyacrylamide depolymerises to acrylamide at high temperature, i.e. if you roast/fry a cricket. So if a cricket is cooked with acrylamide in its system then it may become toxic

Lots of interesting ways, I personally like your method as it reminds me of mine, as I use dishes filled with aquarium pebbles to avoid cricket drownings and found it works for babies aswell as adults, however the only draw back is it needs to be refilled often as the dishes I used are quite shallow.

Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

@craftcrickets847 I grab a medium sized "to go" box, chop it up a bit and use pieces of it to build a ramp up to the to go box. I fill the box with old towel parts (but clean) and then fill it up with clean water. I use clear gorilla super glue on the ramp, very thin, and then pour sand onto the glue on the ramp. When it dries, in about an hour 30, its scratchy so the crickets and pinheads can walk on it. The top/lid of the to go box provides a ceiling to hold in moisture. So its a box full of water, with towels that can be reused, and pinheads dont have to jump into it, just walk up the ramp and bite the towels for water. Change twice a week, (towels can be cleaned in the dish washer as well) but the crickets wont die if you go on a week long trip, unless you have a high number of crickets.

Thanks for thr info ..I love crickets very informative

Thank you, I am enjoying your videos, Austin.

Dude, that sweater is so awesome!

Hey Austin just had a quick question. Have you ever tried the food grade orbie type things that they sell at frozen yogurt places as a topping. They are safe for us to eat so why wouldn't they be safe for the crickets?

When you setup the feeder for baby crickets, how do you baffle the flow of the water? I did your method with coco husk and the water coming out was too much. I think i have the same size feeder as you too. Thanks, very informative video

I lab I worked in use to use whicks and mad a water for them with that. the crickets can't get to the reservoir of water. Certain bugs though we mixed a dry powder of nutrients in with agar and that was their food and water.

nice! keep the videos!

What about using sand instead of rock?

What do the craft pouches look like and are you looking to purchase dehydrated crickets

So the thing about eating the crystals if it takes a teaspoon to make a large plastic container of gel it probably wouldn't be good to eat but chemically it's the same as what they use in jello. So yes for human consumption it ok to eat but not until prepared

Can i give them distilled water? Or can i use fish water dechlorinator ?

Good day, I was wondering, how important is the right humidity for cricket breeding? At this stage, I don't have a humidifier. My crickets have been exposed to approximately 10% humidity and cricket development is not as expected. To enhance and catalyse cricket development, will a humidifier be necessary? Regards,

I am really enjoying your videos! Great job. I was wondering if it would be okay to use fabric in the chick feeders? We are trying to be as zero waste and sustainable with all our urban farming endeavors so paper towels are out of the picture.

hi! have you considered using sand or gravel with the chicken water vessels? Love to know any positives/ negatives you can think about that

Thank You for the chick feeder idea! I'm new at this and their compost dries out too fast. I have clay pebbles from an aquaponics set-up that I'm going to try in a chick feeder. I also have organic coffee filters to see if they work together or which one works better.

habla demasiado, para personas que no hablamos inglés requerimos más imágenes, o tal vez KZfaq pueda traducir con subtítulos, gracias

Great videos!!! with the ground up coconut husk u didn't mention do u fill the chick water(er) with water so as the husks dry out the water will keep the husks wet or will the husks give enough water (which is a substitute... as this is the substitute for water) for the week??? or are u confident that the husks will actually last the week??? Thanks

What about natural sea sponges?

When I use the sponges the Crickets just ate it, that's why I use veggies instead.

Crickets can drown in standing water, so... The solution is simple: provide sitting water.

I was thinking about a water dish with perlite

Is there really a worthy enough profit in selling crickets ?? I am very curious about this business model !

What kind of boxes do you use to ship your crickets, and where do you buy them

Do you use chlorine water like city water or well water

distilled water? and soak their food in it.

Can I use wet toilet tissue

25 second video would have been enough.