• Standard crickets (Acheta domesitca) are a popular choice for lizards, turtles, birds, fish, invertebrates and other insectivorous animals.
• Standard crickets are available in 11 different sizes: pinhead, 3 day, 1/8 inch, 3/16 inch, 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 1/2 inch, 2/3 inch, 3/4 inch, prewing and adult. When choosing a Live Food item for your pet, pick an item that’s smaller in width than the animal’s mouth. Click here to view an image of each sized cricket.
• Standard crickets should be enhanced with calcium by dusting or by including CalciWorms in your animal’s diet. Your animal’s diet should be further enriched by including waxworms for additional fat and hornworms for additional moisture.
• Provide your standard crickets with a high quality food at all times to enhance their nutritional value.
• Keep your standard crickets hydrated and prevent drowning by using Easy Water gel.
• Standard crickets must be maintained in a clean, dry environment with temperatures ranging from 70°F - 75°F. Add egg crates to your cricket container to prevent an overcrowded floorspace from occurring. Always remember to remove dead crickets and sheds on a daily basis.
• All Live Foods are guaranteed to arrive alive except for items shipped to areas with temperatures below 10°F or above 100°F.
• All Live Foods are accompanied by a 72 hour health guarantee.
• Live Food orders placed by 3:00 PM CT on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will ship the same day, Live Food orders placed after 3:00 PM CT on Thursday through Sunday will ship on Monday.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein (min) | 16.8% |
| Crude Fat (min) | 5.6% |
| Crude Fiber (max) | 3.6% |
| Moisture (max) | 75.6% |
| Ash (max) | 1.2% |
| Calcium (min) | .03% |
| Phosphorus (min) | .42% |
Customer Reviews
I ordered 1000 adult crickets from RodentPro. When I received my package half of them were dead. I immediately contacted them via email. They reached out the next morning and did not argue with me or say I was wrong, they apologized for the inconvenience and sent replacement crickets that arrived the next day all alive. Great customer service, awesome quality feeders and great prices!!!
Acheta domestica crickets, also known as House Crickets, or Brown Crickets are the preferred species of cricket for reptile food. Adult Standard Crickets are an excellent staple food item for all insectivores. Live crickets activate the hunting instinct for reptiles, keeping them active and interested in their food source.
You can order Adult Standard Crickets anytime at RodentPro.com. Live Food Orders placed by 3:00 PM CT will ship the same day, Monday through Thursday. Live Food Orders placed after 3:00 PM CT Thursday and all orders placed Friday, Saturday and Sunday will ship Monday.
Once your order has shipped, you will receive an email containing your tracking information.
To reduce stress and ensure proper care for your Adult Standard Crickets, it is essential to transfer them to a well-ventilated container with a secure lid, like a plastic tub or critter keeper. Use clean egg cartons for hiding spaces to reduce stress. The optimal temperature for Adult Standard Crickets is 70–75°F with low humidity. Provide moisture with vegetables like shredded carrots or cut potatoes, as using water bowls can result in drowning. Feed them commercially available cricket food. Regularly clean the container by removing waste, uneaten food, and dead crickets to ensure a hygienic environment.
Keeping Adult Standard Crickets with different feeder insects can be tricky and is generally not recommended. You should use separate containers tailored to each insect species.
When shipping during cold weather Adult Standard Crickets may arrive cold. In the event your crickets arrive and are dry but motionless they are very likely in a statue of “diapause”. Diapause is a condition that crickets can easily recover from. Cold temperatures prevent crickets from maintaining the correct water to potassium balance that allows them to use their muscles. In almost all circumstances crickets that have been too cold for several hours will recover once they are brought back up to room temperature. To speed their recovery, you should empty the contents into a separate bin and remove the potato and egg crates to provide as much room temperature airflow to the crickets as possible. DO NOT warm them with any additional heat source except room temperature air. It may take a few hours for them to recover.
