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Virus kills hordes of crickets raised for reptiles (AP)

AP - A virus has killed millions of crickets that are raised to feed pet reptiles and zoo animals, putting some producers out of business and disrupting supplies to pet shops across North America.

Read full article here... (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_us/us_food_and_farm_cricket_crisis)

This the same virus from a year or so back?

I guess companies that bred all of their own stuff in house were fine

This is horrible. I hope a viable solution will come around soon.

Dan

damn- thats really hard. i know nothing about cricket breeding but i think to get back there (that u can produce millions per week) takes a lot of time and money. and since u cant get rid of the virus if its once in ur facility u have to move and buy a complete new and healthy stock and all the furniture used for breeding and housing new.

no wonder they go bankrupt.

thats really bad for those people. tens of years of work for nothing... just like that ure out of business.

plus im sure u guys who need crickets and dont breed em theirselfs have to pay a lot more the next couple month

DAMN!! I just posted this too. :lol: Gitcher cricket eaters to eat cockroaches ASAP!!

This the same virus from a year or so back?

I guess companies that bred all of their own stuff in house were fine

That's what I was going to say, this has been around for quite awhie now. Most of the bigger places that didn't go down are up and running fine again, we're actually seeming to be on the other side of it now.

(I still love my roaches!)