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Message: <blockquote data-quote="katiekatelyn" data-source="post: 28583" data-attributes="member: 2931">Yes I was really young. It wasn't ideal, but it was all I knew so I didn't feel much of a loss. Anyway, about the crickets, yes they have to be liquefied but the T will do that. I have 2 adults, ten juveniles, and one sling, and the guys at my preferred pet shop get annoyed with me when I'm trying to get three different sized crickets. Instead of asking for a few pinheads as well as medium crickets, my boyfriend takes the smallest one in the batch and flicks it in the head to stun it. Then we drop it into our baby's burrow. He doesn't have to take it down himself but it's still alive. My largest, a Goliath birdeater mature male, eats dead rats. I know they say the T will only eat live prey but we've fed ours one live baby rat and I fought with my bf for two days over how awful it was for me to experience that so sorry but it's dead from now on! He does eat them, too. So whatever you find that works for your girl should be good enough!  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>