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It's definitely a concern. A store gets a combination of wild caught and mass produced reptiles. They are in the middle cleaning the cages and someone calls back "grab some crickets...."

If you only have a coulple of lizards you can just buy crickets at petco. They are more active and more likely to trigger a feeding response. If you have 20 lizards, you would be wise to get as many as possible on dubia because they are less space intensive to raise and there's less...

Thx I have found some all wound up in the silk already. I started feeding some off today and I'll put the rest in the fridge tomorrow. I made the #200 mesh lid with two layers of screen. Not pictured but I put Gorrilla tape around the outside.

They seem to be starting to climb a bit now but none have tried to get out. With temperatures in the low 90s they are growing fast and they seem to be generating even more heat inside the jar when I touch it it's much warmer than the shelf. The screen comes in tomorrow so hopefully they don't...

Ok thnx Im going to try 2 layers of the stuff with finer mesh just in case i get any smaller climbers.

I'd never heard of that tape. I'll see if I can find it at the hardware store. It looks like the ones at the top of the jar are bigger. I've not seen any indication any of mine climb yet but they are smaller. I wonder if running low on fresh bedding or moisture is prompting them to start to...

Did you silicone the wire to thejar lid or how did you connect it?

thinking about using this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0C4T7C3ZC?ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image&th=1

Where do you get the screen?

During one of my orders of waxworms quite a few turned into pupae before I could feed them off (they are a light brown color, not black). I mixed up some wheat bran and organic honey and put it inside a canning jar with a paper towel for a lid. this went into the top of a closet which gets quite...

Garage will get too cold in winter and too hot in summer. Do you have a basement? If you just have one lizard you can buy as needed at petco and a tiny container will suffice to hold them and gutload them. If the family is really anti-bug maybe consider something like a uro or a chuckwalla or...

I bring them out of basement temperature 50-55 some days ago into a tub in the 70s and they are hatching now so eggs were good

The way they're packing stuff is the way winter shipping should be done. I'm def using them during cold weather.

I have to say I'm really impressed with Joshs frogs. My latest order came shipped in styofoam lined box with a still very functional heat pack.

I have little cups I move the mealworms into 48-72 hours before I feed them (those cups have superload in them and a tiny piece of vegetable). The roaches/crickets go into a critter keeper for 48-72 hours. I feed them vegetables, superload. The other stuff doesn't have a special gutload and...

I ordered from Rainbow and Bassets. USPS is just taking longer maybe now that the holiday season is over it's better Im not sure and don't want to risk it to find out. One of them also sent me dead bsfl. I told them they were dead and they said no they are supposed to look dead. The container...

I am excited too. I've not had any issues with Josh's frogs but I want to support ovipost, too. The only companies I've had a bad experience with is the ones in CA and it was out of their control USPS is just too slow going from CA to East Coast, it was taking a full 7 business days and all the...

I got an email today saying ovipost is staying open? I am so confused. Was the other email some kind of fake news?

I don't like to order crickets from the West Coast, I have not had a very positive experience as USPS is way too slow. I was ordering from Ovipost and the crickets were shipping from FL but I received an email that they are closing. Any other good East US suppliers?

I dont think the crickets die from lack of heat at 65F. More likely they will die if they are kept damp or dirty or without food and water. Banded crickets seem much hardier for me, too. They live an incredibly long time. most insects grow faster at higher temperature. Esp when hatching out...