is there any way to shut them up!!!!!!!

[MChorse13]

i recently got a tarantula and evey week or so i buy about 20-30 crickets i keep them in my room. is there any way i can make it so they dont chirp all night ahhhhh!!!
the only thought ive had is to rip off there wings but i wouldn't feel good about that

 

[Richie_ELP]

Your serious?

 

[David Tobler]

i recently got a tarantula and evey week or so i buy about 20-30 crickets i keep them in my room. is there any way i can make it so they dont chirp all night ahhhhh!!!
the only thought ive had is to rip off there wings but i wouldn't feel good about that

Only buy female crickets.

I've worked on the retail side of herps for years, that's a common request. It sucks when you have to count out 100 female crickets! (I always tossed in two males on purpose for those customers)

 

[MChorse13]

Your serious?

sadly yes they chirp for hours before finally stopping around five am or so they keep me up for hours before finally passing out

 

[MChorse13]

Only buy female crickets.

I've worked on the retail side of herps for years, that's a common request. It sucks when you have to count out 100 female crickets! (I always tossed in two males on purpose for those customers)

i go to petco (its closer) but i think im going to stat going to a herp store or lfs. i just cant take it and its only been about a month i know im lame haha

 

[manlyfish]

ok put them in your basement or something before you go to bed haha

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

Why can't you put them outside? In a small plastic bin of course.. Or if your tossing them in with the tarantula, don't. Keep the crickets in the bin outside, and feed your tarantula in the morning so it has all day to capture it and you can sleep at night.

 

[MChorse13]

ok put them in your basement or something before you go to bed haha

i live in an apartment

 

[MChorse13]

Why can't you put them outside? In a small plastic bin of course.. Or if your tossing them in with the tarantula, don't. Keep the crickets in the bin outside, and feed your tarantula in the morning so it has all day to capture it and you can sleep at night.

i keep them in a spare tank i had lying around the house i cant exactly put them out side someone might steal the tank and i cant have that haha and im pretty sure 20+ crickets is to much for a tarantula to finish in one day haha

 

[AmmoJoe]

feed them all to the tarantula, problem solved