Pets > AdviceNovember 05, 2010

Keeping a Grasshopper

My daughter wants to know how to train a grasshopper so it's tame when held. I think one is an adult and the other is nearing adulthood.

By eebee from Kent

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11/06/2010

It is impossible to train any insect. They don't have that capacity. If she wants to keep them she and you need to understand that part. What you both need to learn about is what their physical needs are. Foods, water, light, space, what their natural habitat is like and set up an aquarium as close as possible to that. Also understand that insects breed like crazy so while she may only have 2 now, if they are male and female you are liable to have a house full of grasshoppers soon.

You should really contact an entomologist (insect specialist) for the information you need.

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I found a grasshopper and I put him in a little glass container. He likes to hide so I put soil in half of the container and his favorite hideout is a cup and I set that on a paper towel. I put a flower pot holder as a food bowl to hold his grass and lettuce and carrots.

By Baylee from Dublin, Ireland


RE: Keeping a Grasshopper

What a beautiful post this is, how lovely to take care of the little things as well as the big ones. I would say that you had a really happy grasshopper. Perhaps he could do with a friend? Thanks for making me smile and feel good with this. (07/28/2008)

By Leah from Australia


I have a grasshopper as a pet. How do I take care of him?

By miracle


RE: Keeping a Grasshopper

Be an angel and set him in some tall grass so he can continue to be a grasshopper like Mother Nature wants him to be. If you watch him a minute, he will hop a few times. That is how grasshoppers say "thank you!" (08/18/2010)

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