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Rickeezee
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah my chams get through loadsa crix, locusts etc. Certainly more than 12 per week. Sally I think it may have been locusts 8 for £4 quid at the shop, I agree with N on that, apologies if I am wrong. If they are charging £4 squidlets for 8 crix's then they are into huge profit. IMHO I still think even £4 of lager vouchers for 8 locusts is outrageous but then again I'm a tight wad! keep us up to date on your progress and what you eventually get, good luck.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

am sure i know one place charges 75p a locust... so would be about there one 8 Sad

outrageous!

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nerys wrote:
am sure i know one place charges 75p a locust... so would be about there one 8 Sad

outrageous!

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lol....that'll cost me £750 a week Shocked ....alternatively I could sell the 1000 odd I breed and use and earn £750.....wouldn't that be nice
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

would be amazing eh scott!

always amazes me, as 100 large from livefoods is £14.39...

so 1 locust is 14p...

how do they justify SUCH a mark up!

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At 75p a knock I WOULD HAVE LOST LOTS OF MONEY THIS AM, SEE FEEDER FORUM FOR WHY. sORRY ABOUT CAPS TOO LAZY TO ALTER IT. Thats better. I asked Steve at Livefood's how they count up the crickets for the bulk bags etc. Bet you can't guess how.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt they count each tub (no way possible) most count out ONCE, put that in a 'scoop' (cup or tub) mark the height they reach, then scoop that amount into each tub / bag.

£0.14 is a fair retail price for a 5th instar locust, they certainly are a lot more expensive to produce than crickets.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, It is the cheapest I have seen them (without breeding them )
Trouble is they eat so damn much!
What do you feed yours Scott?
Where do you get it from (go to your local park with a lawn mower? Laughing )
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol.....I wish I could....would save me a fortune with the greengrocer...I feed mine fresh greens everyday.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah I agree good value. He told me they use pint glasses filled to diff levels for diff size crix. We use a Pint glass to measure out the crickets 1 pint of standard sized crickets = 1 bulk bag
3/4 pint of 4th instar = 1 bulk bag etc.

Good prices on that site for insects I think it may be one of the best I have seen and apparently they deal with 1500 orders per week.

I have found keeping locusts quite expensive especially with the ammount of veg they eat, how do they get through so much I am forever filling ice cream tubs up with meticulously prepared varieties of veg, they eat more healthily than I do!

Scott any response to my experiement suggestion on the egg laying depth thread?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol....I would put ALL my yemens down your chimney if you were to fill your entier house with potting compost!


I will try and do a 'proper' experiment with the depth with my next gravid female. Not too sure how deep I can go, at least the height of a dustbin to start with.
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