Best place to get crickets?

[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.

[privet01]

Everything you have wrote.. on this thread has been wrong,

Just like you, everything I've written is opinion. Much of if based on what I've read, researched or experienced.

You can't just say I'm wrong and you are right without giving supporting THOUGHT and references. Otherwise it's just a pissing contest. Which apparently we are involved in. <<grin>>

[AfricanBullFrog]

You're giving out bad advice, your research consists of, google searching crickets then going on a forum and saying they're good I promise I trust google and every big company out there that has a catchy theme song lol. Please before you type on a forum, learn where the cheapest, healthiest crickets can be bought so that others that see this thread can succeed in this hobby, I made that my job you came for Cheetos.

[privet01]

How is telling the OP that I've used Premium Crickets and Fluker Farms bad advice?

I didn't just google them and offer up an answer. I have actually bought crickets from both places several times.

[perriejinnie]

Frogs are good with crickets and worms. If you can arrange the food online then it is good. However, if you find the food source in your own garden then it would be better. I never owned a frog before but I recently have rescued one in my porch and since then it has been with me. I feed him roaches and crickets.

[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.

[Lily00]

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.

Thanks, that's what I've been reading. Funny story... I did end up ordering crickets online. I assumed that it'd be a box within a box...nope! My kids learned some interesting new words when I opened that box up while sitting on the couch. I now have a crickets crawling around the top of my living room walls. Ha!

[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.