Plant soil and cricket eggs.

[FoBomb]

I've looked all over and can't find anything on this. I'm about to give my cham a bigger cage, and with that a live plant (hibiscus). The adult crickets I feed him often lay eggs in the container that I keep them in. I have a feeling that once I get the plant in the cage, the crickets will lay the eggs in the soil. Since I would rather not deal with that in the chameleon cage, I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to prevent them from laying eggs in the soil? Or is it even an issue?

 

[JJC]

You can put large river stones over the soil in the cage. This will prevent your cham from eating the dirt, and the crickets from laying eggs. Just make sure the stones are bigger then your chams mouth.

 

[FoBomb]

You know I thought about putting rocks in there, but thought that the crickets would still crawl in between them. But I guess if I had the right size and shape that would probably work best. I guess I thought about it too much and was trying to come up with a complicated solution. Thanks!

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Even if the crix lay eggs in the soil they never hatch out. Its not nearly warm enuff in a chams cage for cricket eggs to hatch. Needs to be around 95 degrees for crickets.

 

[FoBomb]

Oh, well guess I'm safe then if they happen to.

 

[Bokaru]

You could go with the rock idea, but start with small aquarium rocks and then place bigger rocks on top of them. About a 1/2" layer of aquarium rock should keep any cricket from getting through. Just make sure your cham cant eat any of them... they might look tasty.

 

[FoBomb]

good idea, I'll probably do that

 

[kongchi]

I've found super small baby crickets in my bros' enclosure but I don't think it should be a problem because they don't really bother or bite, and I doubt they will survive long due to no food. Also, probably the older free ranging crickets will eat them.