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iBaman · 10-20-12, 12:31 PM

lmao, i def appreciate spiders, just...ewww xD hahaha.

**Aaron_S** · 10-20-12, 12:56 PM

You can put it into an enclosure or find a really big plastic jug with a large lid and use that. It works. Similar sized to a 2.5 gallon.

iBaman · 10-20-12, 01:02 PM

Yup, that's the plan! I'm doing a naturalistic terrarium for her, I just don't know when she's big enough to put into it...

iBaman · 10-21-12, 03:28 PM

question...do t's not move much after eating? I fed her last night, she totally chomped it down, and then I put her in her new terrarium today...she hasn't moved, and she was hiding under the silk leaves that were in her cup, when she's usually hanging from the lid.

**Aaron_S** · 10-21-12, 07:39 PM

Probably just getting used to the bigger space and she'll move soon.

rmfsnakes32 · 10-21-12, 08:17 PM

My Charlotte doesn't move much for a day or two after eating when she is hungry she gets really active!

iBaman · 10-21-12, 08:19 PM

ok good...haha, before I moved her in there she wasn't really moving either...i know she isn't dehydrated, so I got scared...haha. I hate not knowing what's going on xD

KORBIN5895 · 10-28-12, 03:20 PM

The best way to get over your fear of spiders is to kiss them.

iBaman · 10-28-12, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

The best way to get over your fear of spiders is to kiss them.

I keep trying to hold her, but she won't get on my hand =[

iBaman · 10-28-12, 03:22 PM

She's moving around now, so I think she just needed to get used to it. Also, crickets are buttholes...i put one in her cage, and it disappeared, so i figured she had eaten it, so i put another one in, and sort of watched her, and realized it disappeared without her moving...so i had to find them...they had found a hole under the water dish and were hiding out there! So, i took them out, filled in the hole and anywhere else the could hide, and put another cricket in there, which she happily devoured. any tips on getting the crickets not to chirp?! she only eats mediums, but as we all know, it's hard to keep the sizes perfectly seperated.

DragonsEye · 10-28-12, 03:27 PM

Males are the chirpers. For silence, use females. If you use mature females, I do recommend snipping off their ovipositor (long needle-like appendage at the end of the abdomen). It's removal seems to prevent them from laying eggs.

Crickets tendency to burrow into the substrate often makes them a pain to keep track of.

Because pinktoes can be skittish, herding them onto your hand can be somewhat challenging but it can be done.

iBaman · 10-28-12, 03:31 PM

good to know! I've only got 5 males in there, so maybe I'll feed them off first. I'll be sure to snip the ovipositor before i put them in for food. I wouldn't mind eggs (constant supply of crickets sounds good...xD). I know they like warm and moist...anything else?

DragonsEye · 10-28-12, 03:42 PM

The problem with allowing the females to lay eggs in the T's enclosure is that the pinheads are too small for your T to capture. And because the pinheads are so small and lightweight, they have an easier time climbing up bark and branches. As such they can become a nuisance to the T (like having ants crawling all over you). Of more concern, would be if you T is molting. While molting a T is helpless. Hungry crickets have been known to chew holes in the T's exoskeleton while the T is helpless. Typically this results in the death of the T as they then bleed out. (In this regard, it is akin the to leaving uneaten crickets in a lizard's tank. Sometimes the crickets will chew on a lizard ... particularly if the lizard has not warmed up to its active state.)

iBaman · 10-28-12, 03:46 PM

Oh no, that's why I said before I put them in her cage, I'll snip them. While they're in the critter keeper, it should be fine

Rogue628 · 10-28-12, 03:57 PM

How do you sex crickets?