Crickets escaping!

[Frog Mom]

I put tape over the places on my cricket keeper where the handle attaches and also where the little hinge is for the flap that covers the opening where the black tubes go in. So far I haven't had any escapees, but I do keep needing to check and make sure that the tape is still attached in all the right places.

[bshmerlie]

If you have to deal with larger quantities of crickets use a deeper trash can type bin. That way you can reach in with your bowl and shack the crickets into it at the bottom. A lot of cricket escapes happen during the transfer process. Another thing I do to prevent escapees is I have my cricket container sitting in bathtub. Of course its a spare bathroom that we don't use. If the crickets ever do escape from their container they are trapped in the bath tub instead of roaming my house.

[LilyPad]

I have a taped up critter keeper too. My frogs can't handle adult crickets yet and I'm not interested in breeding them (yet) so for now I have to buy them once a week in smaller amounts so they don't grow too much (and hide somewhere in my tank and chirp!)

[DonLisk]

If you have to deal with larger quantities of crickets use a deeper trash can type bin. That way you can reach in with your bowl and shack the crickets into it at the bottom. A lot of cricket escapes happen during the transfer process. Another thing I do to prevent escapees is I have my cricket container sitting in bathtub. Of course its a spare bathroom that we don't use. If the crickets ever do escape from their container they are trapped in the bath tub instead of roaming my house.

This is my wife's favorite, find the crickets trapped in the bathtub. We don't save them though since you never know what they were eating or walking on such as soap and lotions.

[LilyPad]

This is my wife's favorite, find the crickets trapped in the bathtub. We don't save them though since you never know what they were eating or walking on such as soap and lotions.

I did not even think about that Usually if I find an escapee, I just throw it in the tank! That includes the occasional one I find in the tub! I will toss them outside from now on!