Went to Petco, sorry...

[Trillian]

I'm such a child... I don't want to heat them!!! It's 90F in the house most of the time, that's warm enough for anything, except those bacteria that live around hydrothermic vents in the sea floor.

I'm also a mum and panic that any heating elements will cause the house to burn down... Tabitha has one, because she insisted, but it has an expensive thermostat attached to it, which makes me worry slightly less.

In the winter it will be fine, because the heating will be on so they can be on the boiler, but now there's no heating on, and the hot water tank doesn't have any flat surfaces on it big enough. Think I might just put them on top of the fridge behind my knitting box... he'll never know... How ventilated do they need it to be? Not airtight, obviously, but anything beyond a few holes drilled in the lid, and it being opened every couple of days for food?

 

[Adam Harrelson]

buy a bulk of crix on smallpetfeeders.com. they have 1000 for 15.00
or buy more expensive if you want 5000 on the website

 

[JonRich]

except those bacteria that live around hydrothermic vents in the sea floor.

lmaoooooooooooooo

 

[Wykd]

reptilefood.com i get my crix from there, good survival ratio and they do send more than what you order just in case of die off in shipment.

I have been very pleased with them and so far the cham's all dig in to the crix no problem!

 

[AllFallDown]

I used to buy my feeders at petco until I had enough of being screwed. Now I buy mine from LLL usually I get 1,000 overnighted for $29.99(shipping included) and they're great. They ship them in a screened box with food and they ship them from CA to me in VT and only four died in the process. I definitely know they give you more than what you pay for too. That would never happen with petco sure if I went there to buy 1,000 crickets they would charge me ($120-$150) but really I would end up with 500 crickets and 250 of them would drop dead on me after the 7min drive home.

When I ordered from lllreptile I ended up with a lot of dead ones. I like Mulberry farms now. They ship in a larger box which is cool because you also get full sized egg crates to use in your bin. Very few were DOA with them.

 

[Calypso]

Petco usually is my last alternative only because they close an hour later than Petsmart on Sundays here. I think I might take y'alls advice on picking up a bunch at the upcoming expos in Baton Rouge and Houston, but I'm also thinking about breeding my feeders...

 

[PappaRONzi]

Bait shops usually carry crickets for a lot cheaper! They are the same ones that they sell for reptiles. Can use them in a pinch. They are not the cleanest place, so give them a day or two in a clean environment before feeding.

 

[Calypso]

Ace hardware usually carries a couple different types of worms depending on where you're at.