I am so glad to hear this!!
Give your Mom a big hug! I hate snapping cricket legs, and avoid at all costs, but sometimes it needs to be done. An easy, quick way is to use forceps, tweezers or whatever and grab the "thigh" of the leg, give a quick flick of the wrist and it is off. If you grab the lower part it usually just twists around and is painful for everyone!
lele
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1.0 Beardie - For now his name is Kinky Boy 
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta
1.0 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
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0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula (no name yet)
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
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