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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 59859" data-attributes="member: 4199">They make a kritter keeper for crickets.  Exo Terra is the brand i have.  Reviews on the Lee's kricket keeper were worse than the Exo Terra.  Amazon has it for $13, the small size.  It comes with 2 square tubes for hte crickets to hide in, a food dish, and a water dish with a synthetic sponge.  They eat the sponge though and i didnt' want my T's to eat that.  So i removed it and use the Luker's water gel stuff.The tubes have a clear cap on the outside end.  and the slots they slide in the sides of the keeper have doors so the remaining crickets inside can't get out.What i do is pull a tube out, then tap/shake all but 1 cricket out of the tube (if they all fall out i put it back in until one crawls inside) then open the door on the T's enclosure and tap/shake that cricket out.  For my T's and enclosures it works perfectly.I did find that some crickets were dying being crushed between the food/water trays and the side of the keeper.  I super glued them to the bottom against the wall to prevent that.  just have to be careful replacing the tube that you don't accidentally crush or pin one.Link for the keeper i have on amazon -<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Cricket-Pen-Small/dp/B0073K6HW0/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1450306782&sr=8-5&keywords=cricket+keeper" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Cricket-Pen-Small/dp/B0073K6HW0/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1450306782&sr=8-5&keywords=cricket keeper</a>The lps here has the medium size for the Lee's brand, but they want almost $30 for it.  It's why most of my purchases are online <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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