That sounds like a pretty cool dam. What's its name?

Mmm, a dam that blows sounds like a pretty bad dam to me. I would t want to live downstream of it.

They were going to feed the crickets to their pet reptile. So I don't think it matters if they died in the box.

yes it does matter because the dead crickets can grow bacteria and poison your animal..... :) they are trying to sing op to sleep

reptiles like lizards eat them.

thank you omg someone who puts 1 and 2 together

OP is a she, #27.

Thank you, #52, for pointing out a yet-unchallenged fact. We are all wiser now, and we owe it all to you. Thank you.

"a yet-unchallenged fact" "I feel like it isn't that hard to figure out that he owns a reptile." Are you sure it's an unchallenged fact?

Yep. Pretty sure it's been unchallenged so far.

op even has a picture of a lizard on her profile lol

All I can say is be glad you don't have nice for your snakes. That's ever worse

It was sarcastic

Send your reptile hunting >:)

omg your the vibrator FML girl

Oh man, I didn't even realize until now! OP, tell us your secret!

Jumping to judgement are we? Many petstores and almost all online sevices give you boxes. Maybe she just hadn't transferred them to a keeper yet? "Just went to take a shower" doesn't sound like it was a permanant solution to me...

Why was it so important to take a shower before she moved the crickets into a secure place? A tapped up cardboard box is not a secure solution for these escape artists. As well, I'm not sure where you're shopping, but in my many any years of owning animals that feed off crickets, I have never received crickets in a cardboard box. Always they have come in an air filled bag, or a securely sealed plastic tub.

In a lot of places, they give you cardboard boxes. The petshop in my town gives you cardboard boxes. How many different petshops do you go to that would make you think that every petshop gives you crickets in bags or plastic tubs?

quite a few places use boxes and tape... plus they get shipped in taped boxes. so maybe you should do some research before being condescending. op very well could have just received a shipment of crickets. speaking as someone who bred reptiles and at one point owned 40 some odd lizards at a time, I have seen quite a few crickets. and they come in all sorts of packages. I prefer dubia roaches though. much much cleaner then the roaches we have in America... they have no smell, they aren't filthy, they can't climb, jump, or fly... they fail at life basically

I never knew someone could be so judgemental over bugs and a box.

I'm judgemental because I believe OP deserves it because she did not secure her crickets and they escaped? :/ you people take this way to seriously. Isn't the point of this site to either agree that the OP deserves it or doesn't? I have said nothing rude, or mean. Only that I believe OP should have secured the crickets better. And I have been to many pet stores, breeders, have ordered online, and have delivered cricket orders to a pet store. Maybe this is just a provincial thing where I am?

We're taking it too seriously? I think it's the opposite. Poor girl just wanted to take a quick shower so she used a temporary not so strong seal.

Actually, it is cheaper to buy them in bulk online and they come in a sealed cardboard box. Considering that they manage to ship them in such a package, the OP was not out of line in thinking that they would be contained for a while.

Yes, you are taking this too seriously. You're the ones freaking out because I have an opinion that contradicts yours. As I said, I said nothing rude or mean. Just my opinion. I guess I'm sorry for having one?? :/