Black Crickets

Black Crickets: Nutritious Live Feeders for Healthy Pets

Black Crickets are live feeder insects commonly offered to suitable reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Their active movement can encourage a natural feeding response, making them a useful part of a varied feeding routine where live insects are appropriate.

Crickets should be offered in the correct size for the animal being fed and used alongside species-appropriate supplementation and care.

Key Benefits

• Live feeder insects

• Suitable for selected insect-eating reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates

• Active movement can encourage feeding response

• Useful as part of a varied feeding routine

• Available in selected sizes depending on stock

• Can be offered with feeding tongs or released carefully where appropriate

Suitable For

Black Crickets may be suitable for:

• Bearded Dragons

• Leopard Geckos

• Chameleons

• Frogs and toads where appropriate

• Tarantulas and other suitable invertebrates

• Other insect-eating animals that can safely take crickets

How to Use

Offer Black Crickets based on the animal’s size, species, age and condition. Always choose an appropriately sized cricket to reduce feeding issues.

Crickets can be offered with feeding tongs, placed in a feeding dish where suitable, or released in small numbers depending on the setup and animal. Remove uneaten live food after feeding to help keep the enclosure clean and reduce stress to the animal.

Care Guidance

Black Crickets should be used as part of a varied feeding routine and not relied on as the only feeder insect. Gut loading and suitable calcium or vitamin supplementation may be needed depending on the animal being fed.

Store live food correctly and use fresh, active insects where possible.

Need help choosing the right live food size or feeding routine? Contact The Reptile Realm or visit our Antrim shop for advice.