Cutting feeder costs

[bench]

I was wondering how everyone feeds there collection without braking the bank. The cost of crickets have gone up where I get them to $35 a 1000.Which is a lot when I got through 1000 plus a week. The only thing I can see doing is switching back to meal worms for adults. I will keep feeding hatchling crickets because I like to. Also I might start looking into getting a colony of roaches. Anyone have suggestions?

 

[ajveachster]

There are quite a few people that have started their own colonies of different feeders to try to keep their costs down.

 

[snakegirl]

i keep roaches however my geckos dont go crazy over them.."oh...roaches...ugg" when they see them. So i breed my own and them little devils keep making more. but i stick to MEAL WORMS there really easy just toss food and pick out more. and i have a few wax and silk worms too.

 

[OhioGecko]

That is expensive for 1000 crickets, I would be looking for other vendors. We are just across the border from you so I don't know the going rate in Canada, but our cost is halft of what you are currently paying.

 

[daleo]

i dont have a huge collection of geckos, but i do have several mealworm colonys going and i also have a dubia roach colony going. my leos love the raochs, they are only feed once or twice a week.

dale

 

[osbain]

I was wondering how everyone feeds there collection without braking the bank. The cost of crickets have gone up where I get them to $35 a 1000.

If only I could get them that cheep, i would have tons more reptiles! there 30cents each at the petshop an 45 mins away where i get mine. and $5 for about 60 mealies. and if i can get them across the province i can get 500 crickets for $35 when the guy selling them answers his emails and cell phone!

I am tryin to get a roach colony going now, but that takes up to 4 months apparently to get a good stable one going. So im still pissed at having to spend about $15 a week on feeders. Once the roaches are going things should start lookin up. ... So hopefully roaches are the way to go.

 

[Kristi23]

We breed our own mealworms and roaches to keep costs down. I do still buy silkworms and waxworms, but having the main staples taken care of saves me a ton of money every month. I just buy some every once in awhile to add to the breeding colony.

 

[TheRoachGuy]

Dubia all the way will save you money in the long run.....

 

[LizMarie]

Roaches and mealworms are the easiest to breed. It might take awhile to have a stable colony to feed off from but it'll pay off in the end.

 

[bench]

Thanks for everyone’s input I am going to start looking for some roaches to start a colony and i am going to use meal worms a little bit more now.