cricket keepers and cricket jam..

[Meko]

I keep my crickets in a cricket keeper but on a few occasions i've had 'cricket jam' in the tubes where it's as though the crickets have fused together making a big 'jammy clump)

is this just bad luck or crap crickets?

i've got a 2ft fishtank, would it be better to keep them in that instead of the cricket keepers?

[Brat]

When I used Crickets, I used to get that.. I'd shake the tube then look and could still see crickets.. :S A few manage to stick themselves and die in the tubes.
Im thinking it was overcrowding in the tubes.. silly critters.

[Meko]

its some pretty severe over crowding, it can be like that with days and you end up shaking a bit sticky lump out..

[Brat]

In the end, I stopped leaving the tubes in because literally all of them would cram up the tube (I only ever used one tube so there's my problem!)
Thank god for Locusts anyway, I hate crickets.

[Meko]

i use 2 but they always seem to use 1.

i might try the fish tank, see if that's any easier and fill it with toilet rolls.

[herp boy]

i use a 2 foot tank with a sort of weeding veil material place on top of the tank and then the tank lid to house my crickets

[ViRMiN]

What size Kricket Keeper, and how many dirty-stinky crix!?

[Meko]

it's one of the large ones and usually half a bulk bag. I put a few loo rolls in as well for hiding places but they seem to like melting into the tubes.

Only happened a few times though and i've had a few bulk bags.

[bloodxonxyourxhands]

i use plastic tubs (ie faunariums etc), and just put loads of egg boxes in there.

never have too much of a problem