crickets shipping crisis.

[ijmccollum]

okay...there seems to be a cricket crisis going on. That or the temps and shipping methods are not in sync.

Sorry, I am a titch annoyed by purchase of crickets that were to be shipped over night but ALL arrived deceased. I understand high temps can play a part but charges of overnight delivery with no guarantees is frustrating.

Please, I do have other feeders I can use currently but even they will come to short supply. So......What can suppliers deliver NOW before greater crisis's occur?

I want LIVE feeders. And I am sure others do too. What can be done, or what can be shipped now?

 

[JaxyGirl]

I know I'm not supposed to mention anyone but our sponsors (sorry in advance) but I just ordered 1000 crickets from flukerfarms.com and they shipped overnight and all were in great health..no problems there.

 

[laurie]

I just received 6,000 live crickets from Ghann. Don't know if that helps you or not.

 

[spadefish]

What size crickets ? Ghann just canceled my order saying they were out (just this past Monday)

 

[Lovereps]

Can't tell you if it was or wasn't the heat, but....

There is a cricket crisis.
A virus has hit more than one US cricket farm.
Lucky Lure in Florida went out of business as a direct result.
http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2010/06/22/florida-cricket-farm-to-liquidate/
Here's what Ghann's has to say:
http://www.ghann.com/faq.cfm
Hopefully, it will dissipate before the problem worsens.

 

[ijmccollum]

What size crickets ? Ghann just canceled my order saying they were out (just this past Monday)

They were bonifide pins. Packaging was very professional in appearance so I have no idea what happened. They did put in a clause of no live guarantee and I did enter the purchase agreement -- but FedEx overnight should have yielded some live, it was just disappointing.

At this point I feel I need to state that I am not calling anyone out. I would like to make it quite clear that I support and appreciate our sponsors. I also feel that it would be helpful to hear what is currently shipping well and consider how temp controls during shipment might benifit all. Purchasing feeders on line has become quite risky and expensive. I can purchase some feeders at the local store but if I want variety and/or quantity I need to feel confident that they will arrive live or have some means of recovery.

 

[PedroANDAshley]

Well I just purchased some cricekts from joshsfrogs.com and they all came in perfect.

Just i ordered 1/8" and they put a little blue cube of food in and it crushed a good amount
:/

But I mean it still looked as though i got close to or exactly 1000 crickets