We have 6 dragons and never heard any of them make any noise. The only chirping we ever hear is the crickets from their keeper in the cupboard below my vivs. Could just be they heard a Cricket, but as they couldnt see it presumed it was Scarlet
The crickets I have are supposed to be silent too - I think I have only had totally silent ones about twice in all the time we have had our Dragons lol.
Really, ours so far have been chirpless, LOL I did hear the noise in my daughters room this morning and it is most def a cricket. I am guessing it is one from outside as I make sure the others DO NOT GET OUT!!!!! If she doesn't eat them all I puth them back in the keeper. I will have to hunt it down when I have time.The crickets I have are supposed to be silent too - I think I have only had totally silent ones about twice in all the time we have had our Dragons lol.
It's a cricket.... i heard this morning.never believe that they are all silent! LOL females ( yes even animal ones) make lots of noise the noise is usually a mating call! If they dotn make any noise then they cant let the male know they are waiting to mate
- can you tell it's near holiday time for me
They told me at the store that they breed these to be slilent. And like I said they haven't made a sound other than the the noise of them moving around. And I buy the biggest ones I can get.
Ours come in abag and I just dump them into the keeper. Now the worms I bought came in containers but those are in the fridge. That kinda grosses me out but i suppose I will get used to sharing the space next to the meatloaf with the worms....As much as I try my best to keep them all in the keeper too I do occasionally find the odd escapee. The only time I can think of that they have the chance to escape is when I am transfering them from the tubs they come in to the keeper, and they usually come out when I am sitting watching tv on my own after everyone has gone to bed lol - I hate trying to catch them, but I'm now becomming a dab hand with the tongs
We have crickets here almost all year round. So I really don't notice when I go outside. But as it starts to cool off outside they try to sneak inside and every now again they make it and then they truly do drive me crazy. It's just funny that this one made it all the way upstairs to my daughters room where we happen to have a creature that would snap it up in a blink if she got the chance. I really hope I catch it first as i do not want Scarlet eating anything that came from outside not knowing where it has been. We don't use any pesticides in our yard but I have no idea what my neighbors do in theirs. So better safe than sorry.Have to admit tho, after a while you really dont notice it, and when I do hear them it reminds me of holidays, sitting by a pool side with a little tipple enjoying the warm night air
LOL, we had one that lived under our kitchen cabinets in our old house years ago. There was no way to get the darn thing and it too would keep us up all night. It's song seemed to echo through our entire house. I actually hunted down the 3 that were keeping my kid up at night. They were hiding under the basking rock thing as it is hollow up unside. I dumped them out and they were instantly punished for keeping both my daughter and Scarlet awake at night. Needless to say they will not be bothering us anymore. Also a word on the "silent" crickets. I think that as they get bigger they chirp. The 3 that were hiding under the rock were most def larger than they were when I dumped them in there. So maybe they are only silent until they get to a certain size??!! These three have been silenced for good
Jane, I knew about this and trust me they were not left in there intentionaly. I had no idea the bottom of that plastic rock was hollow. I think they may have come from her previous owner actually as I try not to feed her in her living quarters. I have a 10 gallon that I put her in and then toss the bugs in there. When she is done I take her out and put the leftover crickets back in the keeper. I am feeling blessed that non of them had nibbled on her. Especially with the burn not entirely healed up on her lips. What a yummy spot for them to chew on. As mentioned above once I found them they were instant lunch, LOL. Thanks for pointing this out though as I am sure there may be a lot of peeps out there that didn't know crickets can turn your beardie into a meal.
Thank goodness it all turned out ok. That's like me with Scarlets burn. Man those little buggers can cause us some worry can't they.This is the link for the post on crickets biting
http://www.beardeddragonforum.com/index.php?threads/cricket-bites.4429/#axzz1ZIWUvEdZ
It was one of my girls that the post is about. Thankfully she is on the mend, but we are now 8 weeks down the line and the wound is still healing. She is back to normal tho
