Josh's Frogs 1/2" Young Banded Feeder Crickets for Pets (1000 Count)

I was thrilled with a much earlier arrival than the expected date of Oct. 9th and they came today, Oct. 3rd! I ordered them on October 1st so this was definitely a very early arrival but like they must have known, I desperately needed them!!! Such a blessing for my Crimson Giant Day Gecko and 2 Gray Tree Frogs! I was actually scrambling to try to get an order for hopefully, small enough Dubia Roaches since I don't have a vehicle and have to rely on a large "Pet..." Store employee to understand my needs. Some definitely do... The other 95% just don't. Actually my delivery driver was more understanding and actually called me to find out my specific needs! She also, following my advice from past experience, had the "store" employee physically count the Dubia Roaches for me. The" 50 count containers" almost always have only 25-30... And that's been in multiple stores in both Arkansas and Oklahoma. So that's a free tip if you're shopping in store people, employees can and Will do a container count Before you buy... If not... Management definitely will and almost always quite happily. If the container is under filled they WILL give you the discount for the correct price! Don't Ever feel uncomfortable about asking for a container count... It's Your Right, Your Money, and for Your Animals!!! Sorry for a rant unrelated to THIS PRODUCT but unfortunately sometimes emergencies happen and we can't just dash to someplace that's as reliable and trustworthy as Josh's Frog's in an instant... or life would be much less stressful for some animal care LOL! Now, regarding the 250 crickets that thankfully arrived so early. My Only Complaint was my Own lack of a large enough plastic container to dump them into as I opened the well taped box! But the few escapees were either caught quickly since I guess they thought I was a safe spot to jump on (thankfully I'm not terrified of crickets, just roaches lol) or my very curious cat decided they were treats, and one of my dogs thought that they were supposed to stomp them. 🤦 (She learned that from a past roach infestation thanks to a neighbor,ugh.) But when the box was completed empty I was absolutely amazed that I saw only 1... 1 dead little cricket!!! And that's probably from me having to get the last egg crate out which was in the box pretty snuggly. I may have accidentally done that, or not. Doesn't matter. One dead 1/2in cricket out of 250 that were shipped, shook around, and probably tossed too... Absolutely Amazing!!! This is why, when I order crickets, I ALWAYS order from Josh's Frog's... And will continue to do so! Sure, not every delivery will be this perfect, but that's because shipping is not smooth on boxes, especially if the box Isn't Read by Every Single Person! That's NOT on Josh's Frog's, but the shipping process unfortunately. Also, I've seen a LOT of medium or even negative reviews because the crickets are shipped loose in the box. All I can say is... If you Don't Bother Reading the Details, and Josh's Frog's do pretty well to make sure they make it Known how they ship Crickets after a certain amount... That's Your Own Fault!!! But their video, which I personally hadn't seen until this order, was so fantastic, and all I can say about it is THANK YOU Josh's Frog's!!! It's obvious Now but, lol, I used to go insane trying to get them into the cricket keepers before I saw this!!! Following the video that suggests when opening the box that IS well taped, but as stated, (In Sooo many places on the site lol!) definitely has the crickets loose in the box with just the egg crate inside... My experience was So Much Easier!!! Get a big enough Sterilite or CLEAR PLASTIC Rubbermaid tub and just open the box, dump, remove egg crate, repeat, ect. I had the best success using a paper towel tube to then load the crickets up and put them into the keepers. Same with empty toilet paper rolls since those just stayed in the keepers. The most difficult was getting the last few dumped over... Next time, those will just be fed to the lizard!!! There was like zero smell too which is surprising, and they're way of shipping is probably the safest and most efficient and effective for the survival of the crickets... Especially with bulk orders! My animals absolutely thrive on these crickets so they must have superior nutrition, as reported by Josh's Frog's website! Thanks again Josh's Frog's for being a good company for so many types of reptiles and amphibians and even more! 💟

Ships quick due to live crickets being alive

Well, I officially have pet crickets that eat (oh my God!!!!) so much!! lol.... they're very healthy and alive. I only have one leopard gecko ..... so it's gonna take me a while to get rid of these guys!! I may have to advertise crickets for sale 😂

Alot of crickets ..way more then from another company and I ordered half the amount here and for sure got what I paid for this time..will order again from you guys..all alive and perfect size

Love the facts that I can order lives one. Bit I expected them to be the size that indicated there were so many tiny ones in it and much got loose because of the holes in the container that I keep them in the tiny ones able to escape. They were alive and healthy

I love to order from Josh's frogs because you get your money's worth and they arrive healthy. Boxes i think could be bigger but that's me. My recent order though had a shipping issue. The box arrived, my husband brought it in because I wasn't home. I arrived to discover the box had been crushed during shipping and I had crickets running all over the house.i can imagine the delivery truck! Well Josh's made it right an are sending a new order. Amazing! Thank you! 10 🌟's

I am feeding 3 toads and the crickets we bought at the pet store were always dead after 3-4 days. Josh's take 2-3 days to arrive and there are 0 dead ones when we run out! It's marginally more expensive than my pet store, but very convenient once I figured out the arrival time and could plan my orders, plus, none are dying (my toads do not eat dead crickets). Game changer for sure! Just switched from 72 to 250 and I'm switching back! 250 comes in a box and my cricket cages are not big enough to handle the material that they were shipped with. Definitely glad I read the other reviews and knew not to try to remove them from the box inside my house! I think all of the outside toads in our neighborhood ate well yesterday! But overall, still the best crickets out there. They are living longer and overall I am saving time from not running to the pet store every 4 days and money due to the number of crickets that are staying alive. Just be careful that if you are buying the higher quantities (250+) that you have large enough cricket cages to handle it and that you open the box outside!

I was shocked to see how calm these crickets were. Not too many casualties from shipping either.. they seemed happy and healthy. There were so many, small babies mixed in there was a happy surprise too. Thanks!!