I have a 4mo. old female ambilobe that I have had for about two weeks now. I free range six crickets and put six in a cup for her. She never eats the crickets in the cup, I used to just let them all go but she didn't catch them all in a day usually. She will sometimes eat a cricket off of my...
Don't be too hard on yourself. It seems like that was an instinctual reaction that would be hard to suppress if you were surprised. I'm sure it just scared both of you more than it did harm.:)