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Subject: Re: crickets, etc.
Posted by T.J. on August 23, 1998 at 20:43:54:

In Reply to: crickets, etc. posted by Collette on August 23, 1998 at 16:45:51:

: I am interested in all the posts I see of folks feeding
: their gliders crickets. I feed my girls lots of fresh fruits, veggies,
: nuts and berries,
: yogurt, meat, etc.(they LOVE dried banana chips - they each get one
: every night). I tried giving them a meal worm, but they both looked at me
: like I was insane! (and quite honestly I was incredibly
: relieved - those things are GROSS!)

: How do you feed crickets? Let them loose in the cage? What
: stops them from getting away and infesting your house? (I know
: a cricket in your house is supposed to be good luck, but it
: makes me nuts - they are noisier than the girls!)

: I bought a dish of mealworms from my pet store with the intention
: of giving them each one after they had their nails "done".
: (I take them back to the pet store and let THEM be the bad
: guy...) So instead we hit Taco Bell first and get a little
: dish of shredded taco cheese and they each get some of that
: after their nail appointment on Fridays.

: Thanks for all your help - I've been a "lurker" here for
: 6 months since we got the girls... and I've enjoyed your
: insights.

: Collette
:

I have a large ceramic flower pot that i put the crickets
in. It is tall enough that the crickets can't jump out.
every morning i put 6 crickets in there, then i go get
marco out of his cage and we go to his room, the first
thing he does is dive into the flower pot and kill every
single cricket then he starts eating them.Then he comes
out of the flower pot begging for more.

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• Re: crickets, etc. Ken Chiarella 08:23:51 2/18/100 (0)