Axle Grease

[Peter Roach]

I have a colony of lobsters (Naupheta cinerea) in a bare plastic container and egg crates, I have a 3inch band of Vaseline around the top but have been finding the accasional escapee's in the 2 containers below which contain dubia and discoids.
Today while catching a few as feeders I noticed a couple of nymphs and an adult calmly walk over the vaseline to the rim of the container and then walk back again. This is branded vaseline and is quite a thick layer but it seems to have 'set' after just 3 days.

Question: Would axle grease work better than vaseline, if so would light or heavt duty grease be better ?

Anyone had this problem before ?

ps. I have posted this on a few different forums, so please if you post on one forum PLEASE dont double post on another

[Tom Forman]

hi peter,
i know nothig about these lobsters you are breeding but brown packing tape works quite well at keeping crickets in their containers, it might work for your animals too...
They cannot get a proper grip on it and just slide off it.

[Rich.Harrington]

I've a substantial size colony of lobsters at the moment and find the following an easy method of keeping them.

I use a single 12inch plastic eco viv conatainer, the taller ones with a clip on lid. Under the lid I stick a set of cheap tights as a gauze. So far not a single escaped roach. It also makes getting them out simple as you can lift the lid then just aise one corner of the tights.