Removing uneaten crickets

[daziladi]

In the past I've had problems with the crickets burying in the substrate then rotting, creating a terrible stink. What I do now is move my tree frog into a seperate container to feed and then return him after he's finished. It's much cleaner this way and I have an actual count of how many crickets he's eating. Other people use tongs though I haven't tried this myself. Good luck.

[epicusdoomicus]

In the past I've had problems with the crickets burying in the substrate then rotting, creating a terrible stink. What I do now is move my tree frog into a seperate container to feed and then return him after he's finished. It's much cleaner this way and I have an actual count of how many crickets he's eating. Other people use tongs though I haven't tried this myself. Good luck.

Hmmm, oh dear, hopefully tht won't happen to me! If it does maybe I will try removing the frogs. Although I would rather feed them in the vivarium as this must be a more natural setting for them to hunt in.

[StephenLS]

I've never had the rotting cricket issue - (although if kept humid in the plastic container they come in they do tend to go a bit rancid) I think it's because all my vivs are naturalistic and consequently their are soil mites etc running around helping to decompose any ead feeder animals / faeces!


Steve