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First off, I'm at work right now. I'm busting a gut trying to keep quiet about this. It's very funny, but could get me in some trouble. Forgive me forum, for I have sinned. I must confess my sins here:
I went to get 2000 two week old crickets from my favorite cricket provider (no names mentioned here). Usually I get this size and this amount of crix in 2 tubes. When I got there, the guy (whom I've never dealt with before) hands me one large box- the kind I get my larger, 5 week crickets in. He mentions that they're using this size box to deal with the increasing heat. Makes sense. By chance there happens to be ONE little cricket outside of the box. He looks at it, mentioning the length of antenae; this being a sign that these crix are quite fresh. I go back to work, place the box on my desk, having just enough time to attend a lunch meeting. I finally get back to my desk almost two hours later- to find my worse cricket nightmare waiting for me. Somehow the crickets had gotten out of the box and were now hopping all over my desk and crawling up the walls.
I've cleaned up this mess as much as I could. I called the cricket place and told the owner about it (very apologetic, offered to replace the whole order if need be). Just now, I zapped a straggler cricket. Hopefully this will all be able to be swept under the rug. I'm already known as 'the weird reptile guy'; I don't wanna be known as 'the weird bug-infested reptile guy'.
Ahhh.... feel much better. Confession truly is good for the soul.
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi.tripod.com/sdchamkeepers/
gomezvi@yahoo.com

what a howl! you really think you got them all??? you know crickets better than that! Put some food under some co-workers desk and blame it on him/her! just kidding - they will all be pointing the finger at you!

too funny
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

Turns out the carpet cleaners came in last night to do their annual rug shampoo. My desk, as well as every desk around, has been 'vaccuumed' as well. Not a cricket in sight! I can't believe it, looks like I'm getting away with it!
A side note. I threw the box of remaining crickets in my car after the discovery yesterday. It was a while before I finally got out there, and about half of the crickets survived to finally make it home with me. My son (6 years old and VERY observant) looks at the box and says, "Dad, the crickets are getting out of the box because it's not taped right." Sure enough, the box was only taped enough to hold the flaps down. All four sides were left open, and that's how the crix came out. Talked to the cricket place owner. Apologized again and thanked me for bringing this to his attention.
This is just another example of why I hate crickets!!!!!
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Victor Gomez
gomezvi.tripod.com/sdchamkeepers/
gomezvi@yahoo.com

something similar happened to me once.

First of all my dad is a sport shooter. He likes to go to target ranges and shoot guns and bows and stuff. So he's always on E-bay bidding on accessories for his equiptment. And I'm always buying feeders online for my animals. My dad and I have the same name. So when a package comes for "Jon" he assumes it's one of his things. He takes it to the living room all excited and opens it up to find 1000 huge crickets leaping out at him! lol! From my in-law downstairs, I heard a scream and the vacuum. I go upstairs to investgate to find my dad chasing down and sucking up crickets. He screams "Help me! Your mom's gonna be pissed!" and I can't stop laughing. Waste of 15 bucks in crickets, but it was damn hilarious.

>>something similar happened to me once.
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>>First of all my dad is a sport shooter. He likes to go to target ranges and shoot guns and bows and stuff. So he's always on E-bay bidding on accessories for his equiptment. And I'm always buying feeders online for my animals. My dad and I have the same name. So when a package comes for "Jon" he assumes it's one of his things. He takes it to the living room all excited and opens it up to find 1000 huge crickets leaping out at him! lol! From my in-law downstairs, I heard a scream and the vacuum. I go upstairs to investgate to find my dad chasing down and sucking up crickets. He screams "Help me! Your mom's gonna be pissed!" and I can't stop laughing. Waste of 15 bucks in crickets, but it was damn hilarious.
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia (MIA
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

I recieved 2000 crickets in mail from shipper, and in route the box had gotten smashed a little (imagine that) and without thinking put them in living room to open after work. The box where the screen meets the cardboard had just enough space in each box to let 1000 3/4 and 1000 1/2 out.......