Cup feeding

[dj special k]

I don't understand how cup feeding works. Are they only for feeders that can't jump? Bcause I'm feeding my male cham large crickets and they jump pretty well. They would just jump out after so long, which I'm thinking defeats the purpose of cup feeding. Is there a trick to keeping them in there? I read the post on one member creating a auto feeder with a milk bottle and piping attatched to his cage, but even then if i made something liek that, they would all jump out i'm assuming.

 

[MWheelock]

It really depends on how you do it.

Most cup feeding is not 100% escape proof. A really athletic cricket can really catch some air....

I use a metal dog bowl with pretty high sides that I hang in the cage. Most crickets are content once they are in there to stay in there. Especially if I put some veggies in there for food and moisture. I have a branch that hangs down almost to the bowl for my cham to get to them. Every once in a while a cricket or two get loose, but Manga tends to hunt them down.

When he was smaller I used an opaque solo cup and 1/2 inch crickets. They didn't go anywhere.

What I've seen some people do is to have a deep cricket keeper in the bottom of the cage with a branch or two going down to it. This requires a fairly large cage to do this.

Well, good luck

 

[dodolah]

yes the crickets can jump out..
but, i think you are giving the cricket credit more than you should.
So far, even the biggest cricket that i put never jump.
Crickets only jump very high when they startled.
most of my feeder is just scratching the plastic cup..
if crickets are just as smart as human... then my room will probably be infested with escapees

My cham is a very slow moving hunter..
he is quite cool actually..
most of the cricket doesn't even know that he's close..
and when the time is right "WHACK!"

 

[mightyzug]

if you make the jug style like i have done out of a milk jug or 2 liter w/ screen or whatever is available, just take note to be careful not to let any of the crickets climbing area close to any of the edges. escapes are going to happen, but i actually have a very low escape rate on mine and was very suprised that i didn't have more gettin out on me, but havin to hunt down one or 2 crickets is good for them anyway

very few of them actually jump, and when i went thru the first attempt i had alot of crickets escaping just because they could reach over the thin strip of tape i had between the climber and the edge of the jug... once i fixed that i am now down about as close to zero escapees as it's gonna get lol

 

[dj special k]

Hey thanks a lot for sharing your experience on them. I'll try and make my cup feeder tomorrow out of the milk jug. I thought all of them would jump out because at night i would hear little tapping. I dimmed the lights one night and noticed that those crazy lil crickets start their mission when the lights go off... They all try and jump for the ceiling of my cricket keeper and hang onto the ceiling and try and nibble through the plastic... Smart lil guys. So I thought that if I make a cup feeder, they would all probably eventually start doing that at night.

 

[mightyzug]

if your cup feeder is just the cup and not attached like mine then you only want to put enough crickets in it for a day's feeding, refill it every day

 

[SuperRad]

I cup feed my babies using 1/8th inch crickets. from past experience, if your using large crickets, just pull off one of the crickets hind legs. they won't be able to get out.

 

[bucky]

Ya,i had one jump out on me,it scared the crap out of me! I guess i kinda shook the tube too rough,the little thing wouldnt get out lol.

 

[LandoDaBomb12]

Carl The Chameleon

So I got a chameleon and I was wondering was cup feeding good and will my chameleon get used to me when he grows up?