Measuring out pinheads

[BocaJan]

I have been raising pins for my baby brevs and have wayyyyyyy more then I could use if I had 50 babies. I can trade them off for regular crickets if I can somehow package them in tubes of 1000. Anyone know how I can measure out 1000 and where I can get some tubes or something to put them in?

 

[ChameleonNerd]

i have a feeling that you can use mcdonalds slushie straws considering how large they are

 

[Lizardlover]

I'd ask Ben. Or manually count out 100, put them in a tube, and multiply that by 10.

 

[millerman6401]

Ive never had to deal with pinheads but the local petshop by me says pinheads cant be moved too rough or shaken up to dust them or els they die. is this true? as for getting them in there id get two tubes and put food in the end of one and wait for crix to be lured in. then transfer them into the other tube but counting them as they come out??

 

[lisa h]

A reptile store that I used to go to measured all crickets by weight. That said, I don't know how much 1,000 pinheads would weigh. How's that for vague and not really helpful?

 

[mikeduner]

If you were willing to add some overrcount i think most peole could agree that measuring by mass would be acceptable. Do 1000 in whatever tube you find, multiply that mass by like 1.1 or somthing like that, and that would be a fair way of measuring and people would love a 10% overcount!

 

[BocaJan]

I'm thinking more like a teaspoon full or a tablespoon full? I think that would be too much. I guess I could buy a commercial box, put it in a small cricket keeper and pour it into a measuring spoon to see. When I buy them they come in a round box about 8" tall and 4" diameter. I guess I'd better start googling.

They are so tiny I'm not really concerned about overcounting. More is better. Anyone in South florida using these?

 

[mikeduner]

if you got a pretty tall skinny tube you could count out the first 1000 and put a mark on the tube where 100 meet and where 500 meet and so forth, then just fill to that