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Oh-mi-God... you guys won’t believe this! CRICKETS are a danger to your Ts! Yes... it’s true! My H. lividium has been sluggish to the point of not moving. She just pushed her face in a corner and wouldn’t eat, drink or move. All she did was clean herself... obsessively. I was wondering if she had mites or something so I called my pet store guy to find out her origins. (She was a Christmas gift from my fiancee last year!) He said she was a WC import. I told him I was wondering if I had any little buggies from the wild and he said it’s possible... and sometimes even cricket larvae could be the culprit. (My pet store dude is cool, if he knows something, he’ll tell you... if he doesn’t he won’t make up some dumb story!!) So, I put her in her lucite box and took her outside... and saw a tiny one sixteenth of an inch cricket in the box. I checked her water dish and sure enough, billions of tiny little cricks! I put her in the freezer for five minutes, then examined her carefully and found an open wound behind number 3 right leg. She’s now in ICU rehydrating and safe from critters. I never thought of examining my crickets for pregnancy before feeding them... how would one tell if a cricket is pregnant? I don’t leave them running around in the habitat for weeks, so this one had to be ready to pop! I feel guilty for not catching it sooner, but I know that old patience rule. I just hope I saved her!
Oh, and if you already knew about this... forgive the long winded story. (Be nice Jacen! Don’t say “Duh!!”) I am blonde, after all!
Oh, and if you already knew about this... forgive the long winded story. (Be nice Jacen! Don’t say “Duh!!”) I am blonde, after all!