when the crickets are laying they poke thier ovipositor thinggy down and lay eggs, but keep laying them as they pull out. so usually get a few laid on the top from each cricket.

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Laura M

i tried to breed crickets and all i ended up with was a bad smell

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yeah they do stink, i find its the egg box things, they get soiled very quickly, i change mine as soon as it starts smelling, usually about every week or so, helps quite a bit with the smell, n obviousley replace food daily.

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Laura M

Happened to me with my ackies little babies everywere. But then i would try and breed them and rather unseccessfully they would breed but all die.

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9.5 Heterodon Nasicus
1.1 Eryx colubrinus
1.1 Elaphe obsoleta linheimeri leaucistic
1.1.1 Varanus acanthurus
0.1 Python Regius
1.1 Morelia spilota cheynei
1.1 Epicrates cenchria alvarezi
0.0.8 varanus acanthurus eggs.

The point is this is the tub that has been out of the cricket house for a week, and the eggs weren't on top yesterday morning but yesterday evening they were. So no external influences around to move them. Which is a bit odd i find.

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1.0. Veiled Chameleon - Dave
2.4.4 Bearded pygmy chams.
1.1. Fire salamanders - Antony and Cleopatra
0.0.1 Moorish gecko - Hobnob!
1 tropical fish tank
1 marine fish tank
3.0 Burmese cats - Xander, Chaos and Mayhem
0.1 Moggy - Simone

oh yeah that is odd, maybe they raise up somehow with the moisture or summit. i dunno, but good luck with them anyway, fingers crossed.

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Laura M

yeh, might try it at room temp like Lauramartin suggested bear in mind this would be my 12th attempt

12th!! really?? hmm, well i hope it works out, im sure u have read numerous "how to" sheets, not sure what else to suggest, i just googled cricket breeding, followed the first one i found and so far so good.

what are u using as an egg laying area? i noticed when i got my crickets a lot were already gravid and wouldnt lay, but as soon as they seen the wet playsand and the wet cotton wool (which i put in for drinking not laying) about 12 of them jumped staright on n started laying, so im thinking its possible that they wont lay on what u have, if its too dry? i basically soaked the sand then just poured off the excess water from the top, also the cotton wool was soaking too.

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Laura M

I'm using moist sand at the moment but have tried all sorts.
It would be cool if someone on here who has bred them could produce
a good caresheet
I do wander how livefood companies can produce 1000s and we can't even hatch a
few lol...I must find their secret!

yeah i always wonder that too, they must have some huge enclosures, and some pretty bad smells too

if i manage to breed them well i will do a care sheet. if they dont hatch im just gonna buy more roaches and breed them more. they are so easy.

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Laura M