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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 141007" data-attributes="member: 27883">Hello and welcome.My OBT hides a lot. As long as you don't go sticking your finger in there and poking at it, you shouldn't have any problem. Watch some YouTube videos on rehousing OBTs and other fast movers to get an idea of how they move and how they are likely to behave.The roaches you are offering are not the type that can or will infest a house. The crickets are much more likely to do that, and then drive you crazy all night long with their chirping. Roaches are also much more likely to survive for a long time and wait for you to need them. Having said all of that, you can certainly use crickets if you want to. I like to gut load my feeder insects with a variety of different things. I don't have any scientific proof, but it sure seems like that would be good for the predator eating it too.I don't think there is a "definitive" answer on how much or how often to feed. Many different people have different preferences, and there are many ways to do it successfully. I like the suggestion from [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] . I feed mine a roach every four or five days.</blockquote>