crickets left in enclosure for how long?

[lolaandlucy]

I free range Lemard's aka Lemmy's crickets in his cage and sometimes he doesn't eat them all and leaves some behind and the lose their supplements, but he'll eat fresh ones. Should i suck the old ones out or try to fed and gutload them in the cage?? Just curious???

 

[griddle]

I always take the left over crickets out of the cage, crickets are opportunistic so they will munch on your cham if they have a chance which can cause an infection. You can always recycle them and throw them back in your cricket keeper to save cash if they haven't been crawling around in the chams waste. I buy crickets in bulk so I usually just toss them outside, it's my way of letting them go free from all the crickets I have sent to their demise

 

[Kate]

I usually collect the uneaten ones and feed them up again. I'm a cheapskate.
Make sure you collect large ones as they can bite you Cham as Griddle has said.

 

[slinko9]

I left crickets in with my first Cham,,,,Jimmie RIP!!! It was pure ignorance on my part!!! Poor Jimmie got bitten over and over and had abcesses all over him and I couldnt understand what was happening, once I contacted a vet she asked me about how I fed him, and she said it was probably infected bites!!! Here we have a reptile vet that makes house calls, and since i was moving at the time of this emergency I made an appointment for her to come out and see Jimmie afterwards!! Unfortunately that appointment wasnt needed!!! I believe that due to the stress of moving along with the infected bites caused Jimmie to leave me prematurely during the move!!!
Moral of the story - Take them damn critters out of the cage!!! If you cant get them, put some food in there for them so they dont get hungry and hopefully you will get them buggers!!!!
CHEERZ!!!

 

[flowapowagirl]

I left crickets in with my first Cham,,,,Jimmie RIP!!! It was pure ignorance on my part!!! Poor Jimmie got bitten over and over and had abcesses all over him and I couldnt understand what was happening, once I contacted a vet she asked me about how I fed him, and she said it was probably infected bites!!! Here we have a reptile vet that makes house calls, and since i was moving at the time of this emergency I made an appointment for her to come out and see Jimmie afterwards!! Unfortunately that appointment wasnt needed!!! I believe that due to the stress of moving along with the infected bites caused Jimmie to leave me prematurely during the move!!!
Moral of the story - Take them damn critters out of the cage!!! If you cant get them, put some food in there for them so they dont get hungry and hopefully you will get them buggers!!!!
CHEERZ!!!

Thanks for sharing that bit of advise! MASSIVELY helpful, I try my best to get them all out but they hide! so I'll put some food down for them! great idea! Sorry about your cham though... are you going to get another?

 

[Kate]

Best to cup feed although Popeye not interested in cup but is showing interest in feeder made from one litre milk bottle similar to link below. I just cut out front of bottle and put some mesh at the back and the little buggers climb up the mesh.https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-experimental-auto-feeder-crickets-6724/

 

[lolaandlucy]

Thanks guys!! Those little "BUGGERS" are gone! I'm not to thrifty cuz i buy in bulk so out came the shop vac and there turned out to be about 12!! there's a gap in the back they were hiding in meaning ENCLOSURE MAKEOVER!!!!!!!!!!

No visable bites on my love Lemmy thank goodness!!!