damn baby crickets!!!

[Spinster]

Sorry to hear that! But its actually pretty hilarious! You could of used a shop vac to suck them up, and probably saved a god bit of them too.

LOL yeah once I got the crix under control/my foot I was able to see the humour in the situation!

No vac here, I have all hardwood floors. I did use a broom to sweep a lot of them up. I tried to catch them at first, but they were so tiny it was impossible not to crush them when trying to round them up or pick them up. And I had to get them FAST or they'd have ended up in my neighbours' apartments. In the past I've had a few adult cricket escapees, which I do round up and catch. I use dog or cat food as bait. I've also used pieces of raw veg like carrots, cauliflower, cabbage etc.

Another PITA in a T's cage is a superworm. They dig right under the substrate and can chew holes in almost anything. Then they pupate and turn into huge ugly black beetles that T's won't touch. I had to throw out the styrofoam background in an Exo Terra cage because they got behind it and chewed huge holes. I don't feed superworms very often, but when I do I use forceps and remove them immediately if the T won't eat it. My LP will sometimes eat them when she won't touch crickets. She digs them out as they're trying to dive under the substrate.

 

[Poec54]

Another PITA in a T's cage is a superworm. They dig right under the substrate and can chew holes in almost anything.

Holes in anything, including molting tarantulas. You can't let them roam a spider cage.

 

[Spinster]

Holes in anything, including molting tarantulas. You can't let them roam a spider cage.

Exactly. I let a couple loose the first time I used them because I didn't realize how fast and vicious these things are. I dropped one on the floor once and even the cat got bitten and wouldn't touch it. The only T I feed them to is my 6" LP. Even with her, I offer the worm by forceps, drop it if she seems interested and snatch it back up immediately if she isn't. She often refuses crickets so superworms are "plan B".

I think I'm going to start a new thread about feeders. I've seen some feeders like silkworms and hornworms that I'm not familiar with, and have wondered if they could be an alternative for picky T's.

 

[ArachnoFreak666]

LOL yeah once I got the crix under control/my foot I was able to see the humour in the situation!

No vac here, I have all hardwood floors. I did use a broom to sweep a lot of them up. I tried to catch them at first, but they were so tiny it was impossible not to crush them when trying to round them up or pick them up. And I had to get them FAST or they'd have ended up in my neighbours' apartments. In the past I've had a few adult cricket escapees, which I do round up and catch. I use dog or cat food as bait. I've also used pieces of raw veg like carrots, cauliflower, cabbage etc.

Another PITA in a T's cage is a superworm. They dig right under the substrate and can chew holes in almost anything. Then they pupate and turn into huge ugly black beetles that T's won't touch. I had to throw out the styrofoam background in an Exo Terra cage because they got behind it and chewed huge holes. I don't feed superworms very often, but when I do I use forceps and remove them immediately if the T won't eat it. My LP will sometimes eat them when she won't touch crickets. She digs them out as they're trying to dive under the substrate.

ive actually fed my GBB one of those "black beetles" before because most of the superworms i had turned into those. and she grabbed it immediately. whenever i have one of those damn beetles, it goes to my GBB.

 

[sublimejimbob]

I think that superworms are a nightmare, trying to crush their heads whilst gripping them with tongs (I need to invest in forceps) is a pain. Even after their maws have been crushed, they still attempt to takes chunks out of my T's and flail around, luckily they have multiple legs available to constantly 'bat' them away. I have used wax worms before which seem to go down well, although they are quite juicy, so tend to leave a bit more of a mess!

 

[ArachnoFreak666]

okay so a little bit of an update here (lol getting this thread back on topic). i removed all the damp substrate from the enclosure in an attempt to avoid this from happening again and also to remove any of the baby crickets in there. the next day i came back to take a look and again... there was plenty of those little guys in there running around. so i just gave in and romoved my GBB from the enclosure and then went ahead and removed all the substrate and its webbing and replaced the substrate as well as all the extras in it enclosure. i checked it today and so far it seems as though it worked. i dont see any baby crickets anymore and my GBB has already started creating it elaborate new webbing so, id say, both me and my GBB are pretty happy

 

[keeper2013]

lol no im just saying, it would probably be a very "dumbed" down version of what people consider romance novels. Im okay at trying to explain the things i come up with in my head, but writing a book, that's a different story. Plus i don't exactly have the type of patience for that either.

wow........