baby crickets hatching in terrarium. could they hurt the spider??

[ToeCheCKs]

i just noticed that there are a bunch of baby crickets that just started hatching in my b. vagans terrarium!... i was wondering if they could hurt my spider in anyway.

 

[Hobo]

No, not really. I suppose they might be able to if your tarantula should molt and they decide to have a nibble, but I wouldn't worry (unless its actually molting). Just keep it dry; they'll die out or drown in the water dish.

 

[Poec54]

No. I've had it happen for many years without incident.

 

[Scar]

Personally I will dump the sub and start new when I discover a cricket farm. I just don't like them taking over. No real harm will be done by them I don't think.

 

[glemo059]

I have heard a myth that baby crickets can and often attempt to eat tarantulas eyes when in the same tank..... but my source is a local petshop employee..... not so much a credible source I should think!

 

[LuiziBee]

It happened to me once when I first started keeping tarantulas. They all drowned in the water dish.

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[spiderengineer]

they will die out quickly with out a food source. to prevent it happening again make sure you cut the black tube sticking out of the cricket end.

 

[ToeCheCKs]

thank you i will keep that in mind!!

 

[angrychair]

i've seen pictures of reptiles with damaged eyes etc... from crickets.

 

[BaddestRuffest]

Well seeing as I have my own cricket colony I avoid this by only feeding the males to the t's who don't kill and eat instantly and the surplus females only to the more voracious eaters.