Crickets chewing foam sponge in water tray, would this be a risk to the T ingesting microplastics when it eats the crickets?

[SPIDERBYTE]

So I notice sometimes the foam sponge gets chewed on by the crickets, and this is the same foam type that originally came with this cricket keeper, I do replace them when they get nasty with cricket poop / eggs. So I wonder what size particles get into the cricket, would the hairs in the spider's mouth screen out such particles? I dont want the T to get blockage in it's digestive system.

Any suggestions?

 

[viper69]

Yes
No

 

[Matt Man]

1st suggestion. TOSS THE FOAM SPONGE. They are bacteria factories. Use water dishes / bottle caps.....

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

If you have small crickets, I just put a clean, small rock in a plastic, bottle cap water dish to minimize drowning. Larger ones, just make sure the bottle cap isn’t big enough for them to drown in.
Assuming you’re referring to the cricket keeper and not the T’s enclosure.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Use water crystals instead.

 

[Brewser]

Another good source of H20 is their vegetables.

 

[Liquifin]

I would not recommend feeding them to your tarantulas. I know someone who had feeder crickets eat Styrofoam by accident and then fed them to their tarantulas without knowing until later. The result was that almost their tarantulas perished and died. That was what I was told from them, which I believe for some reason.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

So I notice sometimes the foam sponge gets chewed on by the crickets, and this is the same foam type that originally came with this cricket keeper, I do replace them when they get nasty with cricket poop / eggs. So I wonder what size particles get into the cricket, would the hairs in the spider's mouth screen out such particles? I dont want the T to get blockage in it's digestive system.

Any suggestions?

Your tarantulas will be fine. Crickets chew the sponge to extract the water and don't actually eat it.