We tried to raise crickets once, in a closet in our carport. My friend put a heater in there, it fell over and started a fire. Hilarious. Fun days with fun memories. She had some dragons as well, after that we bought them from the pet store. But yes I hate crickets I think they’re disgusting. If I even hear one in my yard, I get out the poison spray, and spray the hell out of them. And yes I use poison spray. I don’t care what anybody says… I’d rather use round up on insects in my yard than anything else. Because if round up is killing people, you know for sure it’s going to kill the bugs! I live in Arizona, and if you don’t take care of it your entire backyard all the little rocks, or just be filled with crickets jumping up and down all over the place it’s so disgusting. Using the poison in the rocks, doesn’t bother me because there’s no other bushes are around so what’s the big deal! I’m the pesticide queen, and I’m proud of it! They are just sometimes do you need to really use it!