Using pinhead crickets for feeding

[SpideyWise]

How do you all like using these small crickets for feeding tiny slings? Are they dangerous for the little jumpers if they aren't eaten right away?

 

[Poonjab]

They work. You can lick them first to slow them down if needed.

 

[additude]

I use them all the time. I bred some out of large crickets.
To extract them, I put three or four, 1 or 2 "hump" paper egg carton pieces in the cricket keeper.
The tiny pinheads crawl up the inside of the egg carton hump, which I lift out and then tap against the inside of a clear plastic drink cup, dislodging the pinheads into the bottom of the cup.
From there I can tweezer them into the sling enclosure.
Any leftovers in the cup, I just bang the cup upside down back into the cricket keeper.
I have had no adverse effects between pinheads and slings.

 

[SpideyWise]

Thanks. I'll try both solutions but the licking sounds simpler.
Additive, I've seen those egg cartons. Currently I've got little Melagonasters jumping all over my kitchen. Your step by step sounds like I could keep the crickets in their place.

 

[CRX]

Thanks. I'll try both solutions but the licking sounds simpler.
Additive, I've seen those egg cartons. Currently I've got little Melagonasters jumping all over my kitchen. Your step by step sounds like I could keep the crickets in their place.

You probs dont have to lick, what I do for my jumper is just do do several sprays from the mister bottle. The water saturates the cricket and makes em slower, and I like to think the spider gets a little bit more hydration with its meal.

 

[Nicole C G]

How do you all like using these small crickets for feeding tiny slings? Are they dangerous for the little jumpers if they aren't eaten right away?

They can be, but it’s not common. Accidents happen mainly when crickets are too big compared to the jumper.

 

[SpideyWise]

You probs dont have to lick, what I do for my jumper is just do do several sprays from the mister bottle. The water saturates the cricket and makes em slower, and I like to think the spider gets a little bit more hydration with its meal.

Everyone is so full of good ideas. It’s great to be able to hear from experienced people.