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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 140073" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>Ah, it's a bit different here in Australia, and a lot of the UK from what I understand. You have to buy tubs of live food, sold by weight I would guess as the larger the size the less individuals there are. Fresh tubs usually are delivered to the shops weekly so weekly or fortnightly I buy from the new stock of small crickets to get the smallest possible size before they moult to feed the smallest slings and scorpions. I then empty most of them into a larger vented tub to avoid crowding, I have 6 larger tubs set up (around 10x4x4 inches) so there is always a large range of sizes, the frogs get the surplus mature crickets once I hear chirping and the tub is cleaned ready for the next batch of small crickets.</p><p></p><p>Edit - I should have mentioned that they need a certain amount of warmth but I prefer not to heat them because I don't want them growing too fast and heating comes with its' own problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 140073, member: 27677"] Ah, it's a bit different here in Australia, and a lot of the UK from what I understand. You have to buy tubs of live food, sold by weight I would guess as the larger the size the less individuals there are. Fresh tubs usually are delivered to the shops weekly so weekly or fortnightly I buy from the new stock of small crickets to get the smallest possible size before they moult to feed the smallest slings and scorpions. I then empty most of them into a larger vented tub to avoid crowding, I have 6 larger tubs set up (around 10x4x4 inches) so there is always a large range of sizes, the frogs get the surplus mature crickets once I hear chirping and the tub is cleaned ready for the next batch of small crickets. Edit - I should have mentioned that they need a certain amount of warmth but I prefer not to heat them because I don't want them growing too fast and heating comes with its' own problems. [/QUOTE]
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