How long can a cricket live without food or water. I have one in the wall of my house...help!?

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How long can a cricket live without food or water. I have one in the wall of my house...help!?

Answer 1

I hate to tell you this, but your cricket will probably live a long time.  I can tell you that when I put crickets in my toad tank, I had one live a week without food or water. It had hidden itself and wouldn't come out and get eaten. I found under a little plant, dead, a week later.

If the cricket just showed up in your wall, then it most probably found a way in and out and is just shacking up in your wall. It has access to food and water when it needs it (outside).  There are some baits you can put out around the outside of your house and they might attract it and kill it. You can find them in any home improvement store or ( and I hate to use this word...) Wal-Mart may have some.

You have 2 choices: you can go around your house with a caulk gun and try to find every crack and crevice and seal it ( ugly and messy)  or you can distract yourself from the chirping until you get used to it. I got used to the fire house down the street, and my wife's chiming clock     ( dreadful as it is) and you can get to where the cricket just fades to background noise. The trick is to distract yourself whenever the chirping starts to get on your nerves. Think of something else you love or even dislike. You quickly get to the point where the chirping is just another noise in your house to go along with: the air conditioner starting up, cars driving by outside, floor creaks when someone walks, sirens, planes overhead, lawnmowers outside, etc.

Or you could go to the pet store and get some crickets of your own. they would drown out the other cricket, and they sound neat on a dark winter night.