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    Default Escaped Crickets! D:

    Hey

    I have owned fire belly toads for almost a year now, and have always fed them live crickets. I decided to buy my crickets a new container as they all kept dying, after a week, in the boxes they were sold in.

    In this new container the last batch have lasted almost a month. However, when cleaning out the dead ones a few must have escaped!! Or maybe they were just playing dead?

    My flat mates and I have found around 10 crickets throughout my house, mostly on our floor, but 2 were found today, 2 week after they escaped, 4 stories below my room. Surely this many can not have escaped! Are they breeding? and how long will they survive? everyone is getting super annoyed.

    They are completely silent, so I can't hunt them down either.

    Look forward to hearing your responses!

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    Default Re: Escaped Crickets! D:

    Quote Originally Posted by Sarahflame View Post
    Hey

    I have owned fire belly toads for almost a year now, and have always fed them live crickets. I decided to buy my crickets a new container as they all kept dying, after a week, in the boxes they were sold in.

    In this new container the last batch have lasted almost a month. However, when cleaning out the dead ones a few must have escaped!! Or maybe they were just playing dead?

    My flat mates and I have found around 10 crickets throughout my house, mostly on our floor, but 2 were found today, 2 week after they escaped, 4 stories below my room. Surely this many can not have escaped! Are they breeding? and how long will they survive? everyone is getting super annoyed.

    They are completely silent, so I can't hunt them down either.

    Look forward to hearing your responses!

    Hi Sarah,
    Sorry for your ( ?) cricket problems.
    They are quite prolific!

    This might help?
    http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...-crickets.html

    Transferring from dirty bin to clean bin.
    There is a photo of the bins I use in the above post.
    I keep 2 additional bins clean at all times and transfer slowly.
    I use the egg carton and the paper roll to shift them from the dirty bin to the clean bin.
    They can NOT crawl or climb out of a bin this tall !
    They will escape from cardboard containers very, very easily !


    Transferring from the cricket bin to the frog enclosure.

    I use real cheap plastic bags (gallon size) they are re-usable.
    I capture them into the bag - where they are dusted- then carry them to them frog enclosure.

    They are opportunistic little buggers!!!!!

    As for the "dead" ones. Look very closely. You may be looking at shed crickets skins.
    If you are using larger crickets, they will grab/hop on to a shirt cuff and hitch a ride at the drop of a dime. And then off the go !

    Hope this helps
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