noisy crickets?/cricket escape!

[walzy444]

I was cracking up about "ask the petstore to get you just females" hahaha

 

[ChameleonClem]

Cant help you with the chirping.. except i put my cricket keepers inside another bigger bin (just in case escapes..) so it kinda muffles the noise. The Medium sized ones dont chirp as much as the large size that I noticed. They also cant jump as high.. i use those fruit fly clear deli cups for feeding..They are pretty deep. I have one labeled Cal w/D3, Cal w/out D3, and vitamins.. i keep the powder in them.. i open the cricket keeper inside of a big plastic bin (in case they jump from the keeper they are still in the big bin.. i keep egg crate small chunks and toilet paper rolls in the keepers, so i pick one up fast and shake it into the deli container til i have what i need. I put the lid on and shake shake.. then i dump them into a clean deli container (so my chams wont get a mouth full of excess powder when eating) then i hand feed. They come down to my hand and I stick their head/ body into the clear deli container and they eat out of it. The container also blocks the bugs from squirting juices at me or in my room.. yuk lol Mainly the wax worms squirt.. Only one time i was feeding like this and she grabbed 2 Large crickets at once and dropped one on my floor.. i panicked.. put the deli container in her cage and grabbed for another container to catch the cricket on the floor.. meanwhile shes hissing at me cuz I'm flailing my arm around with her on it, plus i took the food bucket away hahaha what a mess.

Medium crickets noted . I plan to use a peanut butter jar. Having different containers with dif vitamins is an excellent idea! I cant a cricket keeper that woulds well. And that story about trying to catch the run away cricket lol!