Cricket related injuries?

[MVDaniel]

I breed my own black crickets, which get absolutely HUGE. I wonder if anyone has ever heard of a T injuring itself on a female cricket's ovipositor. The ovipositors on my females can exceed 1 inch in lenght and seem to be pretty stiff. My Ts can be pretty reckless when pouncing on their prey so I wondered if this is something I should be concerned about. Should I clip the ovi off? I haven't had a problem thusfar, just figured I'd get some opinions.

 

[Atreyuhero4]

the ovipositor is soft and bends so you shouldent have any problems (grab the ovipositor and the cricket will bend it to try and grab your finger)

 

[Moltar]

When i was feeding cricket i'd cut off the ovipositor so they couldn't lay eggs properly, hopefully preventing them from laying eggs in the substrate. I think it's unlikely that a T could hurt itself on the ovipositor but it's probably not impossible. It couldn't hurt to cut it off. IMO if a cricket related injury were to occur it would likely be from the cricket kicking the T in its soft abdomen. I've never seen or heard of it happening though.

 

[MVDaniel]

Cool, I just wanted to be sure that because of the mutant size of them they didn't pose any additional threat.

 

[Mushroom Spore]

IMO if a cricket related injury were to occur it would likely be from the cricket kicking the T in its soft abdomen. I've never seen or heard of it happening though.

I distinctly remember at least one thread where it did. I don't remember the kind of cricket, just that it was a big one. Pretty sure the T died.

 

[MVDaniel]

eek, that's not good news.

 

[Moltar]

Maybe you should snip their legs as well as the ovipositor if they're indeed that big and scary.

 

[Drachenjager]

I distinctly remember at least one thread where it did. I don't remember the kind of cricket, just that it was a big one. Pretty sure the T died.

i think it was a jerusalem cricket. and id like a bunch of the cb black crix

 

[Kacey Jennings]

Maybe you should go to my old apartment, they were breeding within the walls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckDznyw1CjM

sorry, i could not get it to embed, but worth a click

 

[MVDaniel]

Wow, that's serious business. Yeah, it's the big black ones that I breed. I think I'll be clipping them from now on.

 

[blazetown]

What kinda of methods do you use to breed the crickets. The last colony I collected ended up drowning outside while I was away so I never got to try anything.

 

[Radamanthys]

When i was feeding cricket i'd cut off the ovipositor so they couldn't lay eggs properly, hopefully preventing them from laying eggs in the substrate.

It doesn't work, a cut straw is still a straw. The only consequence is that they won't be able to lay eggs underground. From normal crix in my experience i'm saying this.

 

[MVDaniel]

I breed them in a tank, started with one male and one female. I just keep them clean, well fed, and a large water bowl filled with rocks. They're fat, happy and tasty for my Ts.

The biggest of them get to be almost 2 inches long and almost as big around as my thumb.

 

[Moltar]

It doesn't work, a cut straw is still a straw. The only consequence is that they won't be able to lay eggs underground. From normal crix in my experience i'm saying this.

My line of reasoning was that if the mama cricket couldn't inject the eggs into the soil they'd probably dessicate and die on the surface. After I started doing this I never had another pinhead outbreak but I couldn't say if it was because I cut the 'straw' or because I was pretty fastidious about removing uneaten prey. I'm doing roaches now so it's not an issue anymore. I pretty much never offer mature females as food because of the potential consequences of a gravid female escaping and finding a cozy place to lay eggs under my sink or something.