The Mack's Natural Reptile Food 10000 Count 3/4 in. Live Crickets provide perfect nutrition for your pet reptiles and free range poultry. These live treats for wild birds and fishing bait are guaranteed alive upon arrival.

• Boxes are packed with a 10% over-count to cover a small number of losses that may occur in shipping
• In the winter, the insects, crickets in particular, may feel cold to the touch and seem lethargic or even appear to be dead; Allow them to warm up slowly; Avoid putting them in a hot room or directly under a heat lamp as rapid temperature changes can be harmful; Crickets will usually recover if given time to acclimate (sometimes it will take a few hours), even if they appear dead on arrival
• When insects are first received, they will probably have some degree of stress from shipping; Open all shipping boxes and remove the insects immediately upon arrival; In extreme winter temperatures, your shipment may arrive with heat packs; These help to keep the insects at a safe temperature during transit, but can cause overheating if packages are left closed up after delivery
• Cut a hole in one side of the box and shake crickets into a bin; Cover bin with screen as they require lots of air; Keep the cricket container out of direct sunlight and drafts
• Keep live crickets at temperatures of 70 deg. F - 80 deg. F
• Crickets require high quality food and adequate water in their diets; Lack of proper food and water will lead to losses and also cause crickets to prey on their cage mates; Place cricket chow or mashed up dry dog food in the bottom of the plastic bin; Cricket quencher or quartered potato are needed for moisture; Provide fresh cricket food for the crickets at all times; Never put a bowl of water in the cricket container, the crickets will drown; Instead use cricket cubes or other cricket safe products that provide both food and moisture
• Do not combine different sizes of crickets; The larger crickets will prey on the smaller crickets
• Crickets have a fairly short lifespan; The larger the cricket, the older it is; Below are general lifespans for crickets by size: Over 3/4 inch: 3 weeks; Smaller than 1/2 inch: 4+ weeks depending on proper care
• Reptile food is guaranteed live upon arrival
• Common name: House cricket; Scientific name: Acheta domesticus
• Live Crickets - (Acheta domesticus)
• Feed based on individual species need
• Adjust quantity and size of insect by species and need