it is without a doubt the cricket keeper, thats in a 4 foot viv with sliding glass doors so now the viv is full of crickets and the odd few escape thru the gap in the glass! my mum, its fair to say is not in the least impressed with me!

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The others had to go!

I spend alot of my time in south Africa,thought i wud share this with u..I had just bought a big tub of crickets probably like 200 - 300 crickets in this tub, for my dragons...left my room for literly 10 min on returning, I found a gang of monkeys chasing these bloody crickets round the room...(they had obviously taken the lid off and shaken them all over the place) I thought it was funny, till that nite and ever since as I can not locate where these crickets are hiding now, and they keep me up all nite...last nite one was jumping between me and my girlfriend, eventually i caught up my top...hope u had a giggle...

sum how my problem seems a little pathetic now! thanks for that!

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The others had to go!

When i noticed my were escaping it was due to the flaps for the cricket tubes. I dont put the tubes and they have worked out how to push open the flaps and get out. It was only ever females though, and I swear it was the same one. Damn annoying. Would be coming out the shower and I would fine 1 looking at me.

If EVERY hole is blocked then they are definatly not coming out that box.

Take the plastic container, fill it up with water, and see if there are any holes. If not then it must be the lid/where it attaches.

Stick tape the flaps down, stick tape the plastic see-through lid down, and make sure it is clipped onto the plastic box. Put take arround that rim. And hope for the best

If not, get a recorder and film it for a while.

i swear to god, there is no other place there coming from! they are coming out of the cricket keeper, there no holes or cracks underneath and every vent and tiny gap is taped up! the tubes are in and there blocked, there are no gaps around the tubes wotsoever! but there still getting out! ARGH! i wana cry, maybe i shud stop buying my crix from the magic warehouse!?

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lol I can sypathise with you, my mum wasnt very pleased about the escapees either!
Are the little plastic caps on the ends of the tubes?

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The thought of monkeys chasing cricks conjurs up some hilarious images. Im sure not so funny if its wrecking your home though and the end result must be a nightmare. I purchased a sack of medium cricks once, placed them in a big tub without a single escapee and left the tub temporarily on the table to go make a call. In the short time I was away the cat knocked the tub off the table, crickets everywhere. Spent the afternoon hoovering them up but needless to say it took ages to get them all. Probably still some roaming free to this day.

I have had the same problem with small crickets and small cricket keepers. I used shiny gaffer tape to cover most of the slits up and any of the larger holes. I dont think the cricks can get a grip on the shiny tape. To be extra safe I then keep the small tubs in a plastic tub. There are the odd one or two get out but they are trapped in the tub and simply get picked up to put in the shake and bake cup. At least this way escapees are contained but the majority of the cricks remain where they are meant to be, in the keeper.

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I've got one of those damn cricket keepers too and my wife finds escapees every few days. Pretty big ones too that I'm sure are too big for any of the holes. Even the ones for the flaps. The plastic is starting to crack as well. Seems like it's not built to last.

When you go to sleep at night a previous escapee suits up with his little balaclava and gloves (with ropes may i add) and works all night to try and rescue his friends and family...takes him a while but he cracks open the top just enough for others to be free (he's a very strong ricket).
Then...Ta-da! Your over run with the noisey smelly little f'#*'s and its rubbish.
I've given up on keeping Rickets in the keepers. Just keep them in the stupid little plastic things they come in.
Swtich to locust's...they have small arms...(some say are a bit dim also, but thats mean) so they're rubbish for lifting heavy cricket keeper tops.

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Crickets are the spawn of satan. One crawled out of my fiance's shoe the other day, after he'd been wearing it for a day at work (lol...how was that cricket still alive..?!)

my hope is, it's winter soon, it's already getting cold. The escapees will die off... well, here's hoping anyways.

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