Crickets
Crickets are the most popular live insect feeder for pet lizards. If you ordered from other companies you will notice the difference and effort we put into making you and your pet happy. Our crickets are not exposed to over-heating or fed an non-nutritious diet. Many other companies do this to produce crickets faster and bigger, but result in unhealthy crickets. We take pride in our quality crickets that are grown in their natural life-cycle in a stress-free environment. They are bacteria, disease, and pest free...you paid for crickets not harmful pests. We also add 5-10% extra crickets for free with every shipment!
Care
Refrigeration: No; crickets should be kept
at room temperature.
Life span: They take 6 weeks to grow from a
pinhead (baby) to an adult. Once an adult, they live 2-3
weeks.
Appearance and texture: Brown with a
semi-soft exoskeleton. They are very lively. Your pet will
use its instinctive hunting skills to catch these critters.
Size: We offer pinheads, 1/8", 1/4", 3/8",
1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 10% winged, and 1" full grown
crickets. We recommend 1/4" crickets for many baby lizards,
including bearded dragons (please read forums and discussion
boards for your specific breed). If you own a bearded
dragon, the length of the cricket should be equal to or less
than the length between your bearded dragon's eyes.
Bedding and food: Crickets require more
care than other feeders, but becomes much easier with time
and experience. You may keep your
crickets in our
disposable cricket
cages that are ideal for small quantities or a ventilated aquarium/container. The bedding can be our
Teklad Sani-Chips
or we highly recommend our
cricket odor
barrier. We supply a healthy blend of
cricket
food that should be used to feed your crickets. We
also provide
calcium powder for cricket dusting and
cricket
hydrate that will keep your crickets healthy
and hydrated.
Nutrition: You probably heard the phrase,
"You are what you eat." This is very true for crickets. A
nutritious cricket diet equals a nutritious feeder for your
pet. If you only feed your crickets filler foods (rice and corn) they will not be nutritious food for your
pet. We recommend using our blend of
cricket
food, it is cheaper and will last longer than
fruits/vegetables.
Breeding: While it is possible for
patient pet owners to breed crickets, it is not
worth the time, effort, and frustration. We have many years
experience precisely breeding millions of healthy crickets.
Our crickets are inexpensive and are carefully monitored by
professionals to ensure you receive the best crickets
possible.
As with most cricket suppliers, crickets are sold in a measured volume, not individually counted. You may get slightly more or sometimes less depending on the cricket size of the batch. We always ship 3-10% extra crickets with every order.
