Hmm, well I am glad that the ants did leave- I am not supprised the ants did not mix well with the crickets- even in the bug world ants are a pain to them- TQ
> Hi TQ, > > Thanks for the suggestion! I tried that, but the ants did not go for > it. They seemed very agitated, so maybe just didn't care about food at > the time or didn't discover it. But they did leave on their own, though > it took a while. Interesting -- I had a bunch of eggcrate pieces in > there as usual, and the ants and crickets did not mix. If ants were in > one hump, there would be no crickets, and vice versa. > > Thanks, > Melody > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Melody, > > I have had the same problem. What I did was get a glass jar with screw on > lid- took a nail and poked holed in the top from the outside of lid in- put some > sugar and a little water in the jar, screwed the lid back on, and placed in > cricket cage- the ants were able to get to the sugar, but the crickets were not. > after all ants were in the jar, I fed them off to a horned lizard. > > TQ > > > > > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I got my cricket order today, and the box sat on the front porch for a > >>couple hours. When I picked it up, it was covered in ants, the little > >>black kind. A lot more were inside the box. I kept it outside and > >>emptied it into a plastic tub, and since the ants can climb the plastic > >>a lot have left. But there are still a bunch in the eggcrate. They > >>don't seem to be attacking the crickets or anything, but I don't want to > >>bring the ants into the house. Anybody got any good ideas on how to get > >>them out? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Melody > >>-- > >>Hartley Enterprises, Inc. > >>Technical Writing Services > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>HeartSong Sanctuary > >>Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs > >>http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Global Gecko Association > >>http://www.gekkota.com > >>Classifieds > >>http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > >>gecko mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > Classifieds > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > gecko mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > > > -- > Hartley Enterprises, Inc. > Technical Writing Services > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > HeartSong Sanctuary > Asian turtles, day geckos, and frogs > http://home.netcom.com/~mhartley/ > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
