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What is the most humane and least "gross" way of killing a cricket to feed to my slings? I read that I could freeze them but it seems like freezing them would make them less appealing to the spider.

I suppose freezing would work. Carbon Dioxide would be more humane. But why go to all that trouble? I just squish them with the forceps/tweezers as I'm pulling them out of their container. Or you can also pull the back legs off the bigger ones and just feed the legs to your slings.
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KJ Vezino
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yeah just toss small crix in and let nature take its course. the end result is the same.

I beat my crickets with a wooden mallet and light them on fire then serve them chilled to my slings!

Just kidding.

I do the pinch with the forceps as well.
I feed hundreds of slings a week at work and this is the easiest quickest way. No need to be humane when the cricket will be eaten anyways!
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I thought squishing the crix would be kind of gross (for me) but I did it last night to feed the slings and had no problem with it.

Thanks for the comments!

Glad it worked out for you.
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KJ Vezino
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