Maddybelle
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I've recently had a rather scary experience (considering I have 2 frogs with huge appetites, as well as 2 mantids) My crickets have just been randomly dying. :hang: For a couple of hours before they croak, they flip over onto their backs, have what looks to me like a seizure, and then just die.
This all started when I caught a wild field cricket in my basement (I named her Jing Jing) The morning after I caught her, she started exhibiting the seizure-like symptoms and then died maybe 2-4 hours later. That day, I went down to the pet store and got 1 adult cricket and 1 dozen small-medium crickets. The next day, my adult cricket, whom I had gotten as a pet and named Milo, started exhibiting the same symptoms and shortly died. The small crickets seemed fine, until the last few days (1 week later) I've gone from 7+ crickets down to 2 in the span of 3-4 days! I've never had a die-off like this. Any Idea what could be going on? At first I thought it might be our good friend Mr. Cricket Paralysis Virus, but the seizure-like activity suggests it might be something else. :helpsmilie:
This all started when I caught a wild field cricket in my basement (I named her Jing Jing) The morning after I caught her, she started exhibiting the seizure-like symptoms and then died maybe 2-4 hours later. That day, I went down to the pet store and got 1 adult cricket and 1 dozen small-medium crickets. The next day, my adult cricket, whom I had gotten as a pet and named Milo, started exhibiting the same symptoms and shortly died. The small crickets seemed fine, until the last few days (1 week later) I've gone from 7+ crickets down to 2 in the span of 3-4 days! I've never had a die-off like this. Any Idea what could be going on? At first I thought it might be our good friend Mr. Cricket Paralysis Virus, but the seizure-like activity suggests it might be something else. :helpsmilie:
