Crickets eating styrofoam egg enclosure

[PantherEnvy]

Had to remove these crates from the enclosure. Just using the pressed cardboard type now. Anyone else have this issue? Could not find when I searched forums.

 

[Adam Harrelson]

you can feed them this

gut load drink or leafy greens like spinach

 

[richpass6]

pretty sure that doesn't answer your question... i just wouldn't bother with the styrofoam. the cardboard is the way to go and the styrofoam could be a potential hazard especially if the crix are eating it.

 

[carol5208]

yes they will eat styrofoam! When I got my first batch of crickets I did not know any better and put their food on a styrofoam plate. They ate all the food as well as most of the plate. I had to let some 400 plus or so crickets loose as I was afraid my chameleon would indirectly get the styrofoam from eating the crickets! The anoles and ringtails in my yard had a field day. I fed them off to them little by little. I did not find any dead lizards so I guess I was being paranoid about the styrofoam. Alls I kept thinking was I gutloaded my crickets with styrofoam! Lesson learned!

 

[kinyonga]

Lack of food may lead to the crickets eating the styrofoam or if the smell of the food is on the styrofoam they will eat it too. Spinach is a poor choice for gutloading as it binds the calcium. You can gutload/feed the insects with a wide assortment of greens and veggies such as collards, dandelion greens, kale, endive, escarole, mustard greens, carrots, squash, sweet potato, zucchini, sweet red pepper, etc.