Pet store ???

[doublet74]

Does anybody know of a good reptile store in northern N.J. ??? Im looking for some place decent to buy crickets from. Dont want to use mail order because I dont want to store them. Hoping to find one just to buy 10 a week to gut load and feed on weekends. THANK YOU !!!!!!

 

[Chosen010]

They're pretty easy to store, they just kind of smell. I use my garage...
most pet stores around me charge about .10 per cricket for smalls, I'm not sure on larges..
For my juvi I was buying 50 at a time in a small cricket keeper that lasted about 4 days, so I was spending about 20-25/mo on crickets.. rediculous.
I bought 1000 from southern crickets for 18.00 shipped..
slapped them in a tub and kept calcium diet and water gel in there and that lasted me about 2 months.

You do lose quite a few, just general nature of the cricket storage I guess. Maybe my garage is too warm here in west texas..

just a thought..

I'm hoping to switch to dubais myself

 

[panthergecko]

i think its called wild discoveries http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...w.&biw=1024&bih=584&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

 

[Russ S]

Major stores like PetSmart carry crickets.

 

[doublet74]

Major stores like PetSmart carry crickets.

Petsmart said they only sell frozen

 

[jerrymb]

Petsmart said they only sell frozen

The Pet Smart by me sells live crickets and mealworms.

 

[doublet74]

i think its called wild discoveries http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...w.&biw=1024&bih=584&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

I went there yesterday. Just didnt like the look of their setup. And there reptile room was a mess.

 

[doublet74]

The Pet Smart by me sells live crickets and mealworms.

Really maybe the girl I spoke to in Secaucus was being dishonest.

 

[jerrymb]

Really maybe the girl I spoke to in Secaucus was being dishonest.

In fact when I first went to Pet Smart they had bags of live crickets at the registers by the front of the store.

 

[doublet74]

In fact when I first went to Pet Smart they had bags of live crickets at the registers by the front of the store.

She told me that chain policy was not to sell live feeders. Guess I have to try another store.

 

[jerrymb]

She told me that chain policy was not to sell live feeders. Guess I have to try another store.

So she said that they don't sell live food throughout the Pet Smart chain? She's flat out lying to you then.

 

[SDCowboy]

Any petstore on the planet sells crickets of any size you want.

 

[doublet74]

Ok. Ill try another. Thank You

 

[Russ S]

She told me that chain policy was not to sell live feeders. Guess I have to try another store.

I know their policy for feeder rodents is frozen only, but I can't see them not having live crickets.

 

[TokayKeeper]

Policy is no selling of rodents as live prey, they strictly sell frozen. Crickets do not fall under this policy. If you are told otherwise then ask to speak to the pet care manager...if still told they don't sell live crickets, ask for operations or store manager. If this still doesn't resolve, ask for district manager contact info. That's all I'll say on the matter without running the risk of getting in trouble. Same applies regarding the animals' appearance as a whole. We (they) have p&p in place and they need to be followed!

 

[panthergecko]

theres one in orange