I had my first cricket escape today. They anole shed and I forgot you aren't suopposed to feed them a day or so after it, so I proceded to take the cricket out (I feed him 1 by one so I can't over feed) with forceps and it ate its leg off before hopping behind the chest of drawers. I loked everywhere but I cant find it. Can black crix breed in the house?!

Any tips of how to catch it? I was thinking it would die off but then I read they can go for MONTHS without food!

What sould I do? I know cricket escapes are enevitable but I am now vowing never to use them again, as I have plenty of flies all year round anyway.

Thanks!

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I really don't think youll get an infestation. I've had many escape, I catch some and stomp on them but some are never seen again, probably either dead or left the house.

You can buy cricket catches, you just stick them somehwere, the crix crawl in and get stuck and die

They arent 100% but should help get a few

mate the amount of crickets that I have escape is stupid I dont know how they get out, some I catch and feed to stuff if I see them hopping across the floor at night others I just leave because they are too hard to catch

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buy a cat!

they will die off..i loose loads and the cats eat most of them. the ones they miss usually die off in a couple of days...

funnily enough, I did try plonking my cat behind the drawers, but he couldn't see it.


So the black ones only live a couple of days then. How long will the brown ones live out of intrest?

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check your bathroom my cricket escapees always end up there and nearly scare me off the toilet,i hate them but handy enough always got hairspray/lynx etc in bathroom so you can freeze them to the wall cheers OH up no end finding rock solid crix attached to yellow walls

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we have loads escaped. even the cockatial makes cricket noises now lol.

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they do like bathrooms! is cos it's damp i think...

My cat loves em too N will happily chase them around and then eat them!!

shes even taken to knowing when i get the crix box out she sits by me and wont give up till she gets one!! Mind u could have something to do with her being pregnant!! lol

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