Hi,
I got my first tarantula today, a juvenile curly hair She is settling in in the cupboard; I am leaving her alone for a good few days. However the crickets are causing chaos.
I'd ordered two bigger plastic containers so that I could have one to unpack the crickets in, but they were out of stock so rang me and arranged to send a cricket pen instead. Which you would have thought would be more appropriate but nope! It's so small that loads of crickets escaped when I tried to transfer them, am very glad I did it in the bath! They are still in the bath, as I don't trust them to stay in there, and sure enough a few hours later 5 escaped. I have pushed cardboard into some cracks where I think they may be getting through - since then only one has got out. However that has also meant moving the black tubes up.
I am pretty sure none have got further than the bath, however my first question is what happens if one escapes from the house? :/ On the box it says 'not native to the UK, do not release into the wild.' I had thought maybe that's because they will die but... are there other dangers?
I am concerned about the cricket welfare though as well; I feel like the cricket pen is too small for them to move around freely enough? And have I put in enough food? I filled the dish supplied with Orange slices and lettuce. It says it houses 20 full-sized crickets, however how many small/tiny crickets does that translate to? I have provided photos below for reference.
Also, does anyone have advice on where to get a better cricket pen? I am also confused as to how I am going to change their water and food every day without them escaping too.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help!
I got my first tarantula today, a juvenile curly hair She is settling in in the cupboard; I am leaving her alone for a good few days. However the crickets are causing chaos.
I'd ordered two bigger plastic containers so that I could have one to unpack the crickets in, but they were out of stock so rang me and arranged to send a cricket pen instead. Which you would have thought would be more appropriate but nope! It's so small that loads of crickets escaped when I tried to transfer them, am very glad I did it in the bath! They are still in the bath, as I don't trust them to stay in there, and sure enough a few hours later 5 escaped. I have pushed cardboard into some cracks where I think they may be getting through - since then only one has got out. However that has also meant moving the black tubes up.
I am pretty sure none have got further than the bath, however my first question is what happens if one escapes from the house? :/ On the box it says 'not native to the UK, do not release into the wild.' I had thought maybe that's because they will die but... are there other dangers?
I am concerned about the cricket welfare though as well; I feel like the cricket pen is too small for them to move around freely enough? And have I put in enough food? I filled the dish supplied with Orange slices and lettuce. It says it houses 20 full-sized crickets, however how many small/tiny crickets does that translate to? I have provided photos below for reference.
Also, does anyone have advice on where to get a better cricket pen? I am also confused as to how I am going to change their water and food every day without them escaping too.
Thanks in advance if anyone can help!