Live Food Jamaican Field Cricket Care Guide

If you are looking to feed your chameleons, breaded dragons, or crested geckos, we high recommend our Jamaican field crickets. Jamaican field crickets can be eaten by a variety of reptiles, amphibians and inverts. Live Food Jamaican field crickets are high in protein, thus making them a delicious meal. Jamaican field crickets are one of the most popular live food types. Jamaican field crickets make for an excellent live food option because they will not nip at the animals they are being fed too – thus they are a safer alternative to many other live food options that exist.

How should I feed my live food Jamaican field crickets?

Jamaican field crickets are easy to care for, thus making them an affordable option for pet stores, zoos, wholesalers, terrarium shops etc. Our Jamaican field crickets come with our specially grown and produced compound feed thus you do not have have to worry about adequate nutrient. Our compound feed ensures that Jamaican field crickets live a maximum lifespan and that the nutritional values are transferred over to the reptile or amphibian feeding on them.

Something that is important to note when it comes to feeding your Jamaican field crickets is that they need to be well feed. Crickets tend to be cannibalistic, so when underfed they will eat other. In rare cases where a Jamaican cricket were to die, it is important to remove it from the container because once again other crickets will feed on it, which can some times lead to diseases.

At what temperature should I store my live feed Jamaican crickets?

Crickets should be kept at temperatures around 25 – 30°C, they can survive at lower temperatures but this is ideal for maximum lifespan. Additionally, it is also important to take into consideration that warmer temperatures make the crickets more active which may or may not be a benefit when feeding your reptiles.