cricket cricket where art thou?

[dodolah]

hi guys...
I am kinda new here.. and i am also a new owner of baby veiled chameleon.
I am used to buy crickets at Petco..
but i heard many scary stories about how petco kept their crickets in unsanitary place.

So, where should i buy them at?
1000 crickets is a bit because i lived with a landlord that is freakish
about seeing insects (she said that she'll allow me to take care of chameleon.. but i just need to make sure that she won't see insects hopping around inside of the house.. so 1000 crickets are a bit too much to handle for me ..

I live around east Los Angeles BTW


thanks guys

 

[Tillie]

Any bait shops around? Or petsmart isn't so bad. They catch them fresh out of an enclosure for you.

 

[dodolah]

hmm the closest one is amazon store.. i'll check it out..
never try petsmart.. will try that too

i think i can handle 100 crickets... anybody know where i can get it cheaper than petco?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

The problem with ordering less than 1000 is that the shipping makes the cost per cricket much higher.
1000 is only 10 x 100 and you'll have great success keeping them alive if you order smaller (1/4 - 1/2 inch) have a well ventilated tub and constant source of clean moisture (apples, carrot, dark leafy greens) in addition to your dry mix.
I use Reptilefood.com and have had great success ....1000 for $10 plus shipping. With shipping I think I figured my per cricket cost at between 1.5 and 2 cents ea.
This suppliers will send a 10% to 20% overcount as well so you can afford to lose 100 maybe 200 crickets and still come in at this cost.
They have great Zophoba worms as well.

-Brad