Drowning crickets...

[DogRetepCow]

It seems to me that crickets drown very easily. Whenever this happens with me, the cricket is dead practically the second it touches the water, or so it seems.

[LilyPad]

It seems to me that crickets drown very easily. Whenever this happens with me, the cricket is dead practically the second it touches the water, or so it seems.

LOL Isn't that weird??? That's how it seems in my tanks too. Paddy is too hungry to care though...eventually she'll fish them out and eat them.

[Whistly]

Weird! The crickets that I have had normally head into the water and happily run around under the water for a few minutes before getting out and straight into Jabba's waiting mouth.
What species do you guys use?
I used black field crickets.

[FrogFever]

After trying the cricket bowl method for a week or so I have to say that it does work. The red eyes get the hang of it, but both types om my the tiger legs still gotta figure it out. If a cricket does happen to get out of the bowl then oh well, the frogs will most likely devour it anyways. I can see this method really keeping my scavenging for floating dead crickets to a minimum.

[Wormwood]

Another trick is to have a water dish or pool that is craggy or tiered. Crickets that jump into my water dishes now usually skim themselves across the top an to the edge, or water step that is above water, because it's a rough edge they can grab a foot hold and get out.

Crickets I've noticed only really drown in flat edged bowls where they can't get a grip on the side of the bowl to get out.

[Firebelly love]

I just feed my toads with really long tongs I found at petco, and they work fantastically!! It takes the ew out of feeding time for me.