Guide to Buying Live Crickets
Before buying live crickets you should first consider how many crickets you will need and how long they will live for. If you require small crickets they may quickly out grow your needs but by using our guide to Keeping live crickets you can learn how to slow there growth without causing harm to them. Using our information, you can work out the life span of the crickets you plan to buy or how long it will be until they out grow your needs.
The first time you purchase crickets we would recommend only buying half as many as your maximum capacity as some trial and error is involved and although the purpose of this information is to remove as much as possible its still best to get a feel for it before going out and buying thousands of crickets.
To begin with, work out how many crickets you feed your pets per day. If you feed 10 crickets a day then that's 70 per week or 140 in two weeks and so on. If you keep your crickets alive for 1 month then you will be able to purchase and use 300 crickets with minimal waste.
Crickets are expensive and if you buy small tubs of half dead crickets from the pet shop then the cost can quickly add up. So to avoid this you should find a bulk supplier which is as easy as getting on google and searching “Live Crickets” and checking out the top providers in your country. Once you've found a good supplier with good prices then its time to purchase your crickets. Providers that pack there crickets in there travel containers the same day as shipping will most likely give you the healthiest and freshest crickets. Some suppliers prepackage their crickets or only send out orders once a week so be sure to check out there postage guidelines.
Purchasing Cricket under 5mm
Crickets in this size range will quickly grow bigger than 5mm however by following our information you should be able to get your crickets to stay in this size range for 1-3weeks.
Purchasing Cricket 5mm – 10mm
Crickets in this size range will quickly grow bigger than 10mm however by following our information you should be able to get your crickets to stay in this size range for 3-4weeks.
Purchasing Cricket 10mm – Sub Adult
Crickets in this size range will quickly out grow bigger than sub adult size however by following our information you should be able to get your crickets to stay in this size range for 4-6weeks.
Purchasing Adult size crickets
If you use large crickets to feed your pet, you may consider buying the size down from Adult crickets and bulk purchasing more as you may get them to last as long as 2 months this way allowing you to take advantage of the price drops available by purchasing larger packs. Otherwise large crickets will live 2-4 weeks, depending on how long they have been adults for when you get them and how you then store them.
