I keep mine in a 10 gallon tank....I keep egg cartons in there and a couple of tubes. I also put some left over greens in there and some fruit. Then I have a bowl with a sponge in it....filled with water. This way they can drink the water but get out of it as well. I am not sure why they don't chirp...but the ones I have don't. Which is awesome. But we clean out the cage every week as they are stinky icky lil bugs.