Keeping Crickets Alive

[Ratherbfishing]

What's the best way to keep crickets alive and healthy for an extended period of time?  Any suggestions?

[scwildman]

I just add a few pieces of raw potato or a couple of orange slices to the cage and keep them in a cool,but not cold area out of the sun. I have kept them alive for days and days doing this.

[Nelson Wormefeller]

I used to keep mine in a 10 gallon fish tank with screen lid. They like an empty egg carton to hide in.

[Ratherbfishing]

Thanks.  I just want to have some crickets in advance of a trip and don't want to stop and get them (there are very few bait shops in this area).  I believe the local Pet Smart has them but they won't open until after I've been on the lake several hours.

[BeckieC]

PetsMart has something called flukers cricket quencher, it looks like chopped lemon jello, I use it in place of water to keep my crickets from drowning. We have a gecko so I always have crickets around, one jar lasts me 6 months or more. Other pet stores probably have it too.

[fishinfiend]

potato and definitely get  a piece of egg carton in there