any tips on catching crickets ? etc

[kormath]

oh yeah those small ones can really jump. Twice or more than the large ones. Get an aquarium net and play catch the cricket with your kids/friends/neighbors etc

That could be a new drinking game. Let loose a dozen or 2 small crickets, arm your buddies with small aquarium nets and make the crickets jump. If you miss on your turn you drink, you catch one everyone else drinks. You either catch them all then go do whatever or you get too drunk to care

 

[khatchet]

I do not really have a problem catching the cricket but I always put them in a cup before fishing them out. @Enn49 you are right cats are great for the one who do get away. But @kormath you game sound great.

 

[Phil]

oh yeah those small ones can really jump. Twice or more than the large ones. Get an aquarium net and play catch the cricket with your kids/friends/neighbors etc

That could be a new drinking game. Let loose a dozen or 2 small crickets, arm your buddies with small aquarium nets and make the crickets jump. If you miss on your turn you drink, you catch one everyone else drinks. You either catch them all then go do whatever or you get too drunk to care

Awesome idea.....very funny

 

[Kymura]

Ha ha ha....just stumbled on this thread. I need a tip for catching crickets, just spilled a full tub all over my bedroom floor. Bed bugs tonight.....lol

Got a couple cats you can have, .......just saying....

 

[Phil]

Got a couple cats you can have, .......just saying....

Thanks for offer but not really a cat person I am afraid to say. They love using my garden as a toilet though and although they reckon the best cure for that is to a cat of your own....just not my thIng. Wonder if trantula in the garden will get rid of the cats. I reckon my geniculata would give most cats a heart attack!

 

[MassExodus]

Thanks for offer but not really a cat person I am afraid to say. They love using my garden as a toilet though and although they reckon the best cure for that is to a cat of your own....just not my thIng. Wonder if trantula in the garden will get rid of the cats. I reckon my geniculata would give most cats a heart attack!

I recommend a small dog. Small dogs hate cats, because they fear them My old toothless weenie dog/ mutt will still harass a cat incessantly until it leaves the area, without harming it. She's also good for catching stray roaches and the occasional wasp that gets in the house(yes, she's been stung on the face more times than I could possibly count..she had a bad childhood encounter with a hive). She thinks bugs and cats should live on an island together, far away from her.

 

[Kymura]

Cats were my moms, I'd cheerfully re home them if it was someone I trusted to take good care of them and keep them inside. Much rather have a tarantula....

 

[MassExodus]

Cats were my moms, I'd cheerfully re home them if it was someone I trusted to take good care of them and keep them inside. Much rather have a tarantula....

Agreed. They do have their uses in the country though. I saw my moms cat kill a rattlesnake, or saw the end result. My ivory head roaches just pulled up

 

[aimi]

those crickets are always too fast for me. so i use BugZooka Bug Catcher Vacuum. got it form amazon (http://amzn.com/B000PWD6SQ). it works like a charm, plus i can use it to catch unwanted bugs around the house (those i do not to feed to the t's of course, lol).

 

[Phil]

I recommend a small dog. Small dogs hate cats, because they fear them My old toothless weenie dog/ mutt will still harass a cat incessantly until it leaves the area, without harming it. She's also good for catching stray roaches and the occasional wasp that gets in the house(yes, she's been stung on the face more times than I could possibly count..she had a bad childhood encounter with a hive). She thinks bugs and cats should live on an island together, far away from her.

Could not face having another dog yet either. Lost my lovely White German Shepherd to cancer a few years ago and still not over it.having to revert to electronic cat deterrent for now. Seems to be doing ok atm.

 

[MassExodus]

Could not face having another dog yet either. Lost my lovely White German Shepherd to cancer a few years ago and still not over it.having to revert to electronic cat deterrent for now. Seems to be doing ok atm.

Understandable. I said the same thing when I lost my last dog, a 16 yr old pit. Then this happened:

When she goes, it will be unbearable, but what's the alternative? Never meeting her?

 

[Kymura]

Every time I see Piggy she makes me smile
Losing them is hard, and heartbreaking,
but loving another doesn't take anything from them and eases it just a bit.

 

[MassExodus]

Every time I see Piggy she makes me smile
Losing them is hard, and heartbreaking,
but loving another doesn't take anything from them and eases it just a bit.

She's my baby. Her life will be better, because of me. When she goes ill miss her, but you learn to take that kind of pain better with practice. The grim reaper waits for us all Ask not for whom the bell tolls..

 

[Enn49]

You can always get another pet but it never replaces the one you've lost simply because they all have different personalities.

 

[Will]

With regards to tiny crickets, a couple of drinking straws works a treat. The ones with the bendy bit on them. They are also useful for encouraging T's into places.

For bigger crickets, I use a kritter keeper.

 

[kormath]

Been thinking about this, best way to catch crickets is to have them in a water tight container, then fill it with water. Makes the crickets easy to catch, stops their chirping, and gives the T a bit extra hydration

 

[VanessaS]

Can you put the container of crickets in the fridge for a few minutes to slow them down?

 

[kormath]

I wouldn't try it as fragile as crickets are.

Any type of tube they can crawl in works well then just tap or shake them out.