Money spent on bugs at one time

[camimom]

What has been your biggest bug purchase at one time? How much money?

I just dropped 150 on 1000 crickets, 4 fruit fly cultures, and 4 pods of silks.

What you got forum?

 

[pssh]

$250 for roaches. Bugs can get expensive!

 

[Rush2112]

about $130 at one time for many items. shipping kills me

 

[Rottsko]

I spend over a $100 every time for my chams. I go through over 30,000 crickets a month!!!

 

[maxttu]

I spend over a $100 every time for my chams. I go through over 30,000 crickets a month!!!

Holy schnikes!! How many mouths does that cover?!?

 

[Rottsko]

Holy schnikes!! How many mouths does that cover?!?

Yeah tell me about it. Almost 100. The majority are babies but all my breeders eat a lot too.

 

[Chameleonmaster]

I think I've spent like $40 at once for hornworms, crickets, and fruit flys.

 

[Solid Snake]

about $130 at one time for many items. shipping kills me

It's the shipping that shafts you.

I've spent...enough.


Time is money though, and I've spent alot of time collecting feeders by hand.
Likely just as many as I have purchased.

I've also had feeders given to me, including a sizable breeding colony of dubia and discoid.

Really, breeding your own feeders, or at least some of them, and collecting them if you can, is the way to go.
Especially if you have multiple animals.

 

[maxttu]

It's the shipping that shafts you.

You got that right. I sometimes order more than I need in order to justify the shipping costs. It seems ridiculous to pay more in shipping than the cost of the product.