# an entymology question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 19, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020 "2003-02-19T01:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/1 "2003-02-19T01:02:11Z")
I currently have in my possession, approximately 12 feeder crickets that i am keeping for my lizard to eat. Unfortunately, they are very loud and I would very much like them to shut up. Does anyone know a good way of doing this, short of me feeding them to me lizard right now? ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/2 "2003-02-19T01:05:21Z")
sorry, make that entymology. could a mod help me change that? ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/3 "2003-02-19T01:09:07Z")
Keep them cool …? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/4 "2003-02-19T01:29:11Z")
Cooling them down won’t shut them up, it will just slow them down ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/5 "2003-02-19T01:35:54Z")
Actually, it’s entomology. But carry on. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/6 "2003-02-19T01:36:00Z")
Changed as requested, but I think you really meant “entomology”. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/7 "2003-02-19T01:36:33Z")
right, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/8 "2003-02-19T01:42:38Z")
I wish I could help. I had a cricket in my garage last summer. My bedroom sits right over the garage and you could hear that son of gun all night. It made me nuts and I was glad when the weather got cold enough for it to move to the great beyond. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/9 "2003-02-19T01:46:41Z")
I think feeding them all to the lizard now is your best option. I don’t know what kind of lizard you have, of course, but our family acquired a bearded dragon lizard about a month ago, and she goes through fifteen or twenty crickets a day. I have yet to find a way to keep crickets quiet. I keep mine in the boiler room next to the water heater, so they can be as noisy and smelly as they like without bothering me. Do you have a spare hall closet, by chance? If you’d like to talk about the finer points of lizard and/or cricket maintenance, please feel free to email me. It’s always nice to find someone new to share the obsession with. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entymology-question/156020/10 "2003-02-19T02:01:14Z")
i actually have a bearded dragon too, its quite an interesting creature. I actually usually store my crickets in the garage, but its too cold now, and they would die if i put them out there. I didn’t think of the boiler room, though, thanks for the idea.