Any tips on keeping crickets quiet?

[mattj]

Normally Murdoch eats everything I put in there. Well I guess one hid under a plant and is chirping like crazy. And I can't catch him now with the bigger cage.

How can I shut this guy up?

 

[Sticktongue]

Good luck with that...!

 

[laurie]

The only way to shut it up is to kill it. That is very difficult when you can't find it.

 

[mattj]

I have a nice wide spread on my shotgun. Another 20 minutes I might resort to that. Theyre never this loud. I guess the cricket keeper really muffles the sound.

 

[Mike Fisher]

LOL! At least it's not in your bed @ 3am. Yes, keep chams long enough and it will happen.

 

[mattj]

LOL! At least it's not in your bed @ 3am. Yes, keep chams long enough and it will happen.

Yeah as much as my girl likes my cham. I think a cricket in bed might put an end to it. Although her dog sleeps with us. So why not my crickets.

 

[reggie713]

Yeah as much as my girl likes my cham. I think a cricket in bed might put an end to it. Although her dog sleeps with us. So why not my crickets.

lmao!! thats funny

 

[busterboy]

There's no real way to do it... If it's a male cricket, it will chirp all night long. The way I do it... is find him and kill him

 

[ChamyLove]

When I cant handle the chirping in the cricket container, I just tap it. That usually shuts them up for a few minutes. It might be hard to get to him in the cage though without waking your cham..

 

[Chameleon Company]

Put only female crickets in the cage ?

 

[Twigcham]

How can you even tell whats female and male on a cricket? haha

 

[Yak]

How can you even tell whats female and male on a cricket? haha

easy, the girls have a stinger
I normally feed the boys first to give the females a chance to lay eggs...

 

[Mike Fisher]

lmao!! thats funny

Not as funny as getting bit in the taint by a cricket in the middle of the night. Like I said, if you keep reptiles long enough............

 

[Yak]

Not as funny as getting bit in the taint by a cricket in the middle of the night. Like I said, if you keep reptiles long enough............

I got bit on the calf once, made me jump!

 

[Uberob]

Cut the wings off before putting them in. Cherry
pick females, or kill em

 

[mattj]

Ok. He survived the night. Now lets hope he's breakfast!

 

[laurie]

You have heard of the one that got away right?

 

[Sticktongue]

You have heard of the one that got away right?

Hahahahaha!

 

[deadhd5]

Use only sub-adult crickets. Buy them from the pet store every other day in small batches so they never become noisy adults.

Also, switch to other less noisy insects like dubia roaches, silkworms, etc.

 

[absolutbill]

I buy 3/4" and by the time they start chirping, most have been fed off. When they begin to chirp, their natural lifespan is about 2 weeks or so. Only 13 more nights to go!