Feeder crickets getting eaten by ants

[Reptiles101]

I woke this morning made a coffee, and noticed all my feeder crickets going crazy, looked closer and saw all these ants eating and attacking my crickets, I'm very annoyed as I just bought two tubs of them yesterday.

I tried to save as many crickets as I could but all of them died , they were in a cricket keeper, with a couple pieces of carrot, a little sponge for water and a little bit of celery. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening again? as
I'm buying new tubs tomorrow.

Would like to here if people have had this problem before and how you dealed with it.

 

[Chicken]

Either keep a secure lid on the tub with no holes or paint a layer of fluron around the outside halfway up.

 

[andynic07]

I woke this morning made a coffee, and noticed all my feeder crickets going crazy, looked closer and saw all these ants eating and attacking my crickets, I'm very annoyed as I just bought two tubs of them yesterday.

I tried to save as many crickets as I could but all of them died , they were in a cricket keeper, with a couple pieces of carrot, a little sponge for water and a little bit of celery. Is there anything I can do to stop this happening again? as
I'm buying new tubs tomorrow.

Would like to here if people have had this problem before and how you dealed with it.

I had the exact same thing happen to me today but I only had one tub.

 

[Reptiles101]

I did have a secure lid on with a bit of fly wire screen, so I don't know how the little buggers got to the crickets.
anyone else got tips to stop this happening?

 

[user 30368]

i put my crix in a tub on the bathroom floor. Then i sprinkle talk powder on the tiles around it. Ants refuse to walk on the powder and my crix are super safe from ants

YAY me!!

 

[KaotikJezta]

I have a neverending ant saga at my house, crickets and water they mainly go after

 

[andynic07]

i put my crix in a tub on the bathroom floor. Then i sprinkle talk powder on the tiles around it. Ants refuse to walk on the powder and my crix are super safe from ants

YAY me!!

I guess putting the tub in a try of water would do the same.

 

[user 30368]

I guess putting the tub in a try of water would do the same.

yeah that'd work too. Might attract the ants though if they are seeking moisture. They keep getting into my BHP's water dish

I have just sprayed every window (outside) and door frame and it seems to have stopped them from coming in now.

 

[andynic07]

Borax is a good no chemical repellant for ants. You can also mix it with sugar and the ants will come to the sugar and the borax will kill them.