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    stop the chirping

    Does anyone know of a way to stop crickets from chirping. They are driving me insane.

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    Re: stop the chirping

    A can of Raid?


    Seriously though, I don't think that you can. Maybe get some earplugs?

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    Re: stop the chirping

    Crickets usually stop chirping once a person gets close to them, so that makes it really hard to find a cricket that gets loose in the house. It is one of their natural responces to preditors, since a continuous chirp would lead the preditor directly to the insect via sound.

    I feed all of my lizards 3/4 grown crickets because they 'chirp' alot less than adults IMO. Unless feeding adult crickets is a neccessity, I would suggest getting the 3/4 grown crix...it will help with the chirping. I usually feed off around 1000 3/4 grown crickets a week so they never have a chance to get large enough to chirp alot. Every now and then I will get one that starts to chirp. Nothing can really be done besides killing it....but finding the one cricket that is chirping in a bin full of crickets is a pain...so I just don't worry about it

    Are they loose in your house or are they in a container?

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    Re: stop the chirping

    Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
    A can of Raid?
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    Re: stop the chirping

    without pulling the large hopping leggs off of them nope.
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    Re: stop the chirping

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    Are they loose in your house or are they in a container?

    They are in a container in my room, they wake me up at night.. I would put them somewhere else but my sisters aren't big fans of my habit leaving my room.

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    Re: stop the chirping

    if you put tiny socks on them they won't be able to chirp anymore.
    lotta work though.

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    Re: stop the chirping

    ...You must be from the city LOL! I miss the sounds of frog, crickets, etc at night growing up on a farm. Maybe you could shove them into a closet at night or depending on temps put them outside in a garage?
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    Re: stop the chirping

    I don't know how many crickets you have but you can take all the males out and cut their wings. Don't pull the wings off that can kill them and it's a waste of a cricket. Unlike cartoons, real life crickets use wings to make noise not legs.

    I have around 3,000 crickets at a time and keep them far away from me, but I do have a pair of red eye tree frogs that are near me when I sleep. So when I feed them I usually use nothing but female crickets or take small scissors and cut the wings back on the males. No more chirping...

    BTW, to sex your crickets scroll down the page in this link http://www.chameleonnews.com/year200.../crickets.html gives you a side by side photo of a male and female cricket.
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    Re: stop the chirping

    Switch to roaches!
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