How To Keep Feeder Crickets Alive? - Pets & Animals

What Should I Feed my Crickets?

Once their container and environment is ready and that your crickets are happily frolicking in it, keeping them alive doesn’t require much care. In order to survive, they just need some basic food and water in separate sources.

Food

Always feed your crickets on dry food, such as oatmeal or cornmeal. You may also find dry cricket food in some pet stores, such as chicken mash or chick starter. Remember to change the food as needed or weekly at most and always make sure not to get it damp or mouldy.

Water

Again, the same as humans, the quickest way to let crickets die is to leave them away from their water source; it is crucial you keep it available at all time. But again, also remember that crickets can drown very quickly, that is why we recommend using something as simple as a damp sponge sitting on a shallow plate rather than an open pool of water. However, do not forget to check it daily to make sure it is still damp.

You can also find “water bites” in specialised shops, some of them providing your little critters with a combination of both water and nutrients. You might have already seen these as it is usually used in crickets shipment boxes.

Sometimes, they are also sent with a chunk of potato: indeed, potatoes can serve as both water and food to crickets. However, do not use it as a daily food source as it can cause a dampening of the environment and create mould, which are both very harmful to your live crickets. If you do use potato, make sure it is not to often and that you don’t leave it for more than a couple of days.

Well, we hope you are now fully ready to breed your own live crickets and that they will live a very happy long life. We wish you the best of the best with your little insects!

How long do crickets live without food or water?

If you are keeping crickets for gecko of for a small reptile, you might be asking how long can cricket live without food or water. First of all, the first question we are going to answer is: how long do crickets live? In a normal way, the lifespan of crickets is 8-10 weeks once adults if they have enough food and water. If they just can’t have food or water, crickets can live 2 weeks more. Then, they will starve to death.