Pin head crickets hatched !!!!!!!!! What should i do?

[Matthew Baines]

After removing the uneaten/ remains of crickets from the spiders enclosures this morning i noticed that the substrate had a few pin head crickets roaming around which must of been laid when i put the adult crickets in too feed the tarantulas in the past month or so. I was just wondering if it would be safe too leave them there and let them die from hunger or if i should totally clean the tanks out .

[Chris Golen]

Hi
I had this happen in my E pachypus tank.
I just let them die off with no problems.
I noticed that if you put the water dish level with the substrate, they will climb in and die off in there.

[matthew spooner]

i personally would try getting them out. crickets can cause harm to your T especially if it moults. try getting a dish and putting goldfish flakes in it and placing it in the tank, from my experience crickets love em and they might get lured into the dish so you can remove them

[Chris Golen]

Yes actually Matthew is right. My E pachypus just molted a few weeks earlier so it was not a problem.
If yours is due for a molt I would get them out.

[Matthew Baines]

well in 2 of the enclosures there are juve h . lividium and a juve east african horned baboon thats is due too shed any time so have placed a small amount ofcricket food in a dish in the enclosures too get rid of the monsters for now will keep a close eye on them. How can i stop this problem occuring in the future?

[Colin D Wilson]

If you can put up with the chirping then just feed mature male crickets to the burrowing spiders, or you could change to roaches.

[Matthew Baines]

yeah there is that plus its notr too bad cos we get silent brown crickets cos they are quieter and dont seem to be as savage as the black ( my mrs keeps getting bitten by the black crickets and by superworms , keep telling her will put them in her knickers if she dont behave lol ) and to be honest we dont mind the noise created cos its like living in the jungle in our front room anyway.

[Matthew Baines]

Decided to just clean the 3 enclores totally out too avoid any mishaps at all now thanks for the input guys

[RUSS DEAN]

i have exactly the same problem with a few of my tanks, i just left them alone and before i new it they were all dive bombing head first into the water bowl and dying off,

[Matthew Baines]

Well my horned baboon was looking rather shed bound so i decided to bite the bullet and cleaned the tanks they seem happy enough now apart from my h . lividum which i had to dig up and at only inch and half leg span wanted too eat my hand . They got some balls for something so small!!!

[matthew spooner]

h . lividum which i had to dig up and at only inch and half leg span wanted too eat my hand . They got some balls for something so small!!!

their beauty is payment enough for the risk though. i wouldnt have suggested stressing the baboon if a moult is imminent though, not a particulary good time to cause stress

[Matthew Baines]

I know but i didn't want too risk her getting attacked whilst i was asleep . Shes wandering around now and seems fine . I made sure the ordeal was as stress free as humanly possible and will keep my eye on her .

[RUSS DEAN]

both my blue's are proper jackel and hide, bit like my wife really.

[Matthew Baines]

I never see mine anymore shes dug a hole and dissapeared again after i changed her substrate. Oh and my c. Darlingi is fine still not shed but she is moving around plenty .

[Clinton Hogben]

micro crickets AArrgghhh

Hi mate
Had the same problem myself a while back see this thread
but solved it then and not had them back since

http://thebts.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3679

All the best