Feeder insects

[Richard Shah]

You deserve a lot of rep for this imo! So you get +rep from me!
I'll only EVER use roaches and crickets though! I think I'll use crickets for the first 2- 5 months, then I'll consider roaches!
Thank you,
Rich!

[Richard Shah]

Quick tip Peter

use a cotton bud to drip honey onto the wings of the male crickets.

1) it stops them being able to chirp = no noise
2) the other cricks eat the honey AND the wings = no noise

Lovely and quiet here mate !!!

I know I'm not Peter, but I think I will do! Aren't the wings usually tucked away though?

[Colin D Wilson]

No mate the wings used for chirping just rest on their backs slightly folded, just drop a little honey mid point of the abdomen, that will do it.

[Richard Shah]

No mate the wings used for chirping just rest on their backs slightly folded, just drop a little honey mid point of the abdomen, that will do it.

Cheers, I'll do that when I get them, although might be quite hard to get all of them!

[Peter Lacey]

tee-hee, I like that tip Colin. Actually its the escaping I was referring to, caught one 5 times before finally getting him into the Ts tank. tbh I like the sound of them chirping, reminds me of all those Tarzan movies I used to watch

[Richard Shah]

tee-hee, I like that tip Colin. Actually its the escaping I was referring to, caught one 5 times before finally getting him into the Ts tank. tbh I like the sound of them chirping, reminds me of all those Tarzan movies I used to watch

Ugh, I can't stand the thought of them escaping, I'm determined for them not to though!!!!!!!!!!
I dnt see how I'll like the chirping; I can see myself shutting them up right now!

[Clinton Hogben]

Ugh, I can't stand the thought of them escaping, I'm determined for them not to though!!!!!!!!!!
I dnt see how I'll like the chirping; I can see myself shutting them up right now!

Dont worry Rich after a couple of weeks it fades into the background noise and you will hardly notice the chirping, as for escapes you will have plenty but at the end of the day they are only a grasshopper so no harm done

Clint


Ps never thought of honey on the wings you could stick them to the floor of your viv and the spider wont have to chase them just wander over and eat at leisure or you could flick/stick a couple on the glass to challenge the spider if it gets fat and lazy

NB is honey good for a "T" ???

[Richard Shah]

Dont worry Rich after a couple of weeks it fades into the background noise and you will hardly notice the chirping, as for escapes you will have plenty but at the end of the day they are only a grasshopper so no harm done

Clint


Ps never thought of honey on the wings you could stick them to the floor of your viv and the spider wont have to chase them just wander over and eat at leisure or you could flick/stick a couple on the glass to challenge the spider if it gets fat and lazy

NB is honey good for a "T" ???

Yeah, well I'll see when I get them lol!
Nah I'd rather my spider chases them then sticking them to the floor, but I'll stick be using the 'honey on the wings' technique!

Thanks,

Rich!

[Tom Forman]

Crickets do seem to be escape artists but I think I have finally stopped em escaping as I haven't had any escapees in a month now

I can highly recommend fish transporting boxes. They keep heat in extremely well, they muffle the cricket noise down to a faint hardly audible chirping and they stop the crickets escaping as they seal up perfectly when closed.

Fair enough they cost a bit more than a cardboard box but I don't regret getting mine at all and am thinking of getting another one for my roaches (Ebay sells them, look for polystyrene boxes)

Packing tape along the inside of the box will stop any crickets crimbing up onto the lid and then jumping off as you open it.

And as a final safety precaution I have attached the cricket box to strings and have it hanging a metre above the ground...

Escape Proof!