Getting a BD soon, obviously will have to feed 'em crickets, I came across a little gadget the other week but can't remember it's name where it picks up the insect for you, so you dont have to touch it. Anyone know what they are called, whether they are actually useful, just dont like dealing with insects, use to dislike it when I was kid and when I fed them to a couple of frogs I had.

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A pair of feeding tongs and grab them by the leg is all you really need.

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Feeding tongs may work, but can be a bit of an effort if you're having to feed 50 crickets a day to a baby BD...

A cricket keeper with the tube system can also work, or you could try using the method I use to avoid having to touch them more than necessary:

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I use tweezers. If you are going to grab them by the leg, dont grab back legs they tend to wriggle and break them off

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To be honest i dont see why people dont hand feed, i fidn it a pain in the ass when gtting tweezers and chasing the little critters around. But if you have set you mind on been scared of them try using tweezers or somewthing similer

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If feeding a large number then keep your crickets in a fairly large tub with egg cartons, put a livefood tub inside and shake your egg cartons over the livefood tub then just place the lid on before removing. You won't have to touch them and will get loads. If you've got too many then pop a corner up and shake a few back in.

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Not to arsed about handling them myself although they do freak me out a little, just thinking about the summer when i am on holiday and download fest and stuff like that when my poor old granmother will have to become a nanny to baby bd.

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You just have to face the fact.
Don't touch/scared pooless of the crickets = Don't get what you want.

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Joshua - You can get a Spider Catcher that is like a mini vacuum from Lakeland Plastics. I think that should sort you out. I was thinking of getting one. Just to make things easier. But also the cricket keepers are quite good. They have tubes in that the crickets climb up then you just flick them out when you need them. You can either order the Spider Catcher thing over the internet or they have a shop in York.

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