Best place to get crickets?

[privet01]

Ordering online will quickly get expensive. There is little price difference between them. I've used flucker's and premium crickets. Both provided good healthy looking crickets, but I liked the shipping options better with fluker's.

If you only have a few mouths to feed then as weekly trip to the pet store will be way cheaper. I raise my own crickets and there is only a two week window out of the eight to ten week lifespan that they are feeder size for FBT's. Crickets are easy to raise, but if you don't have space in a garage or some sheltered area outside your house, then I don't recommend them. They can get smelly if they don't get enough ventilation. But if you have ten or so cats/dogs in your home you might not notice <<grin>>.

[AfricanBullFrog]

Yes you are going to want to buy bulk online. Fluckers and premium crickets are definitely not the best options to buy crickets I think privet did a google search and just listed what came up first lol. take the 30 min drive, buy bulk crickets, and set them up in a glass tank or tub no lid, feed them dog food, vegetables, fruits, keep a gatorade or water bottle cap as a water dish,Toilet and paper towel rolls to hide in, they should live for awhile. And keep a wood chip substrate, I've been using this setup for years and have had great success, plus it doesn't stink I keep them next to my bed. Roaches would be the premium way of keeping feeders. I hope this helped some.

[Lily00]

I kept 2 bearded dragons for a short time that I rescued and one of the reasons that I ended up finding them a new home was because I just couldn't do the roaches. I thought I could but it bothered me too much. I can do crickets and worms. I could probably feed roaches a few times by just dumping some in but there's no way I could raise them. I'm a wuss.

[AfricanBullFrog]

Ok, well do whatever makes you comfortable, if roaches creep you out then do crickets, if you can't handle the crickets just let the toads starve and find another hobby like sewing or jewelry.

[Lily00]

Ok, well do whatever makes you comfortable, if roaches creep you out then do crickets, if you can't handle the crickets just let the toads starve and find another hobby like sewing or jewelry.

Not really into jewelry. I did try sewing once but I sucked at it. I think I'll stick with the frogs, thanks.

[AfricanBullFrog]

Not really into jewelry. I did try sewing once but I sucked at it. I think I'll stick with the frogs, thanks.

Great cool, send me a pm with any other questions you have and I would be glad to answer them.

[privet01]

just let the toads starve and find another hobby like sewing or jewelry.

Quite a bit of immaturity shown in that quote along with sexism.

[AfricanBullFrog]

Quite a bit of immaturity shown in that quote along with sexism.

I mean that's the truth, you are caring for living creatures that deserve alot more then what anyone can provide. Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings but you should be feeding your toads/frogs more then just crickets, you should have a wide variety of feeders for them at the minimum.

[privet01]

I mean that's the truth, you are caring for living creatures that deserve alot more then what anyone can provide. Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings but you should be feeding your toads/frogs more then just crickets, you should have a wide variety of feeders for them at the minimum.

The OP never said they were not going to feed their FBT. They just nixed one of your suggestions and apparently that irritated you. You can't get pissed just because someone tells you they prefer something different than you. Not every thing you or I do and suggest will be appropriate for others.

[Lily00]

Quite a bit of immaturity shown in that quote along with sexism.

Thanks. I agree.


I read several care websites and forums posts before deciding of fire bellies. Every place I looked listed their diets as being "crickets, mealworms, wax worms, earth worms, small feeder guppies, and bloodworms" . I've actually not once found a site that listed roaches...unless you count the one that said "other small insects". I'm sure appropriate size roaches are great for them but I'm confident that I can still give them a varied diet without having to raise roaches. I mean, I even said I was fine feeding roaches occasionally, just not raising them.
But oh well. I got the answer I needed and I'll figure the rest out.

[privet01]

Every place I looked listed their diets as being "crickets, mealworms, wax worms, earth worms, small feeder guppies, and bloodworms" .

Crickets are the mainstay for my FBT's which have been in my house about five years. I tried mealworms and they are not lively enough to attract their attention. Their shell seems too hard and actually feels sharp on the edges. So I've nixed them, maybe I had them at the wrong stage in their lifecycle. An occasional earthworm that's wriggling does get their attention, and I am considering guppies if I ever get around to building a bigger viv with much more water.

And with crickets, your FBT does get a variety (somewhat) if you change the crickets diet. It's what the cricket has been feed that nourishes the FBT just as much if not more.

[AfricanBullFrog]

Thanks. I agree.


I read several care websites and forums posts before deciding of fire bellies. Every place I looked listed their diets as being "crickets, mealworms, wax worms, earth worms, small feeder guppies, and bloodworms" . I've actually not once found a site that listed roaches...unless you count the one that said "other small insects". I'm sure appropriate size roaches are great for them but I'm confident that I can still give them a varied diet without having to raise roaches. I mean, I even said I was fine feeding roaches occasionally, just not raising them.
But oh well. I got the answer I needed and I'll figure the rest out.

No roaches, feed your toads all that you wrote that would be good, with crickets and earthworms as staples, dust crickets every feeding with your preferred supplements.

[KMAC]

I kept 2 bearded dragons for a short time that I rescued and one of the reasons that I ended up finding them a new home was because I just couldn't do the roaches. I thought I could but it bothered me too much. I can do crickets and worms. I could probably feed roaches a few times by just dumping some in but there's no way I could raise them. I'm a wuss.

Hi Lily,

This thread mainly covers roaches for the squeamish but you could also use similar tools for crickets etc, will vastly reduce escapes.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url...8&share_type=t
dubia roaches - fresh molt

[Lily00]

Hi Lily,

This thread mainly covers roaches for the squeamish but you could also use similar tools for crickets etc, will vastly reduce escapes.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url...8&share_type=t
dubia roaches - fresh molt

Thanks so much! I really love your bug tools! Lol.