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lele
at Wed Apr 5 18:22:03 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
 You would have to have quite a colony of crickets to do the damage that you are speaking of. I find the worst problem with loose crickets is that they stink when the die and are not easily found.
I agree, cup feeding can minimize the problem but not all chams will cup feed. My new little panther will absolutley NOT cup feed and Luna very rarely hunted on her own. As kinyonga said, and I do the same thing, is to leave a small plate of dry gutload and a piece of orange, apple, or other fruit/veggie for the crix. Believe me, given the choice a cricket would much prefer to nibble on food that a sleeping cham. This happens when there is a constant supply free roaming crickets which are not given food to eat during the night (and day - if free ranging there should ALWAYS be healthy food available for them).
As for the crickets laying eggs in plant pots, eating the plants, etc. again, there would need to be many. If the substrate the eggs are in dry out the babies will not survive and they will also need a lot of food themselves for them to get to a point of taking over a cage. Now THAT is bad husbandry, not what K was saying.
anafranil - if your cham won;t cup feed only put in amounts you think he will eat and then leave food out as described above. As for collecting them, sometimes you can catch them by hand, but don;t sweat it if you can't. Just keep them to a minimum.
lele
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calm down , Eric... - lele, Wed Apr 5 18:22:03 2006