How do you catch them??

[Calico]

Silly question. I just started feeding my T's B.Lats because I can't keep crickets alive and they wanted nothing to do with the Dubia's. Tried superworms and mealworms to no avail also. So now I am trying the B.Lats. Since I have T's that range from 1" to 5" I bought small, medium and large. I already had pinheads for the 1".
My question is how the heck do you catch the suckers?? I tried with my tongs but ended up pulling off antenae and legs. I WILL NOT attempt with my hands! Any ideas and/or secrets would be appreciated.

 

[Tortoise Tom]

I don't have a picture handy, but I dump a bunch of them into a tall 32 ounce deli cup (They can't climb the sides...) and I use a pair of sharp nosed forceps to snatch up one at a time and drop them into the spider's lair. The tweezers allow me to grab the correct sized roach for the spider I'm feeding.

Doesn't matter if you pull off antenna or legs. They aren't going to need them in a few seconds anyway.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I dump/shake mine in a plastic shoe box. I then will scoop one up into a vial/pill bottle and just toss them into the spiders enclosure.

 

[G300]

Leave some cardboard tubes in your colony tub (kitchen roll type are best if you use toilet roll they can run out quicker) then have a cup/Tub ready and just shake the tubes into what ever container you choose then put the container in the fridge for 15/20 mins ish then just use tweezers to get the now cold slow runners and feed to whatever then they will soon liven up and zoom about as they warm up simples lol

 

[WolfSpider]

I live in Florida. No roaches, except giant discoids for me.