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Food and Feeding
Cricket dilemma and feeding advice *URGENT*
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<blockquote data-quote="Teamonger" data-source="post: 306561" data-attributes="member: 9511"><p>[USER=10088]@Mantidkid[/USER] As for getting in and out of your cricket bin. The cricket keepers they sell at the stores are horrible for that! The issue is that they are not deep enough, to ensure you can safely get into your bin without half of them escaping you need a deeper bin to keep them in. Many people use the big Rubbermaid tubs and I have done that myself with no issues.</p><p></p><p>Another trick to helping you get them out is to remove the egg crate and replace it with toilet paper rolls. This way they all hide in the rolls and when its time to get a few out you can pick up one roll slowly and then shake them into another container with one end covered. I personally use a tennis ball tube bottle (<a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Penn-Championship-Extra-Duty-Tennis-Ball/9906177" target="_blank">https://www.walmart.com/ip/Penn-Championship-Extra-Duty-Tennis-Ball/9906177</a>) to get the crickets I want. Its deep enough they can't jump out (unless they manage to jump to your hand as you are shaking) and its the perfect size to slowly lower a toilet paper tube into then shake like mad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teamonger, post: 306561, member: 9511"] [USER=10088]@Mantidkid[/USER] As for getting in and out of your cricket bin. The cricket keepers they sell at the stores are horrible for that! The issue is that they are not deep enough, to ensure you can safely get into your bin without half of them escaping you need a deeper bin to keep them in. Many people use the big Rubbermaid tubs and I have done that myself with no issues. Another trick to helping you get them out is to remove the egg crate and replace it with toilet paper rolls. This way they all hide in the rolls and when its time to get a few out you can pick up one roll slowly and then shake them into another container with one end covered. I personally use a tennis ball tube bottle ([URL="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Penn-Championship-Extra-Duty-Tennis-Ball/9906177"]https://www.walmart.com/ip/Penn-Championship-Extra-Duty-Tennis-Ball/9906177[/URL]) to get the crickets I want. Its deep enough they can't jump out (unless they manage to jump to your hand as you are shaking) and its the perfect size to slowly lower a toilet paper tube into then shake like mad. [/QUOTE]
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