Cricket Complete Feeder Care System (Includes Shipping)

Optimize the nutritional value of your feeder colonies while streamlining keeper maintenance with the Cricket Complete package. Designed to eliminate the primary challenges of feeder upkeep—drowning, foul odors, nutrient depletion, and mineral deficiencies—this comprehensive four-part system equips you with everything required to sustain vigorous crickets and transform them into vitamin-rich, bioavailable prey for your insectivorous reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.

System Components & Husbandry Benefits

• Safe Gel Hydration (Cricket Water Concentrate (Water Crystals) – Yields 2 Gallons): Mixes into two full gallons of solid moisture gel, providing crickets with clean, accessible hydration without the hazards of standing water. Eliminates accidental drowning losses and prevents bacterial blooms in the enclosure (optimized for crickets 1/4" and larger).
• Professional Gut-Loading Diet (8oz Premium Cricket Food): The identical, high-grade nutrient formulation used in commercial rearing facilities. Packed with essential complex carbohydrates and vitamins, this dense blend actively gut-loads feeders to maximize bioavailable nutrition transferred to your pet. A single 8oz supply sustains 1,000 half-inch crickets for over a month.
• Targeted Skeletal Support (8oz Pure Calcium Dust): Generous volume of ultra-fine Calcium Carbonate engineered to balance the naturally poor calcium-to-phosphorus ratio of feeder crickets. Adheres evenly to insect exoskeletons to help prevent Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) and support robust bone density.
• Ammonia & Scent Neutralization (32oz Odor Control Mineral): Highly absorbent, natural mineral compound that targets and binds moisture, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia at the container floor. Keeps colonies dry, prevents lethal humidity spikes, and eliminates cricket odors.

Feeder Care & Application Guidelines

• Hydration Gel Preparation: Add the concentrated water packet to 2 gallons of dechlorinated water and allow it to fully absorb into a firm, clear gel. Dispense small portions in shallow feeder dishes or directly on egg flats; replenish as consumed and keep separate from dry food to prevent spoilage.
• Gut-Loading Regimen: Keep the premium cricket food continuously available in shallow trays. For optimal gut-loading results, ensure crickets feed on the blend for a minimum of 24 to 48 hours prior to offering them to your animals.
• Dusting Schedule: Place crickets into a dusting cup or bag with a light measure of Calcium Carbonate and gently swirl until coated in an even, light powder. Recommended for use once every other feeding, alternated with your pet’s species-specific multivitamin schedule.
• Odor & Moisture Management: Scatter the absorbent odor control mineral along the base of your cricket bin or in high-traffic waste collection zones beneath vertical egg crates. Replace or spot-clean during routine keeper resets.
• Ideal Inhabitants: Supports feeder colonies for bearded dragons, leopard geckos, veiled and panther chameleons, crested geckos, monitor lizards, tree frogs, pacman frogs, tarantulas, and insectivorous birds.

Feeder Safety & Husbandry Tip: True feeder nutrition begins from the inside out—what your crickets consume directly impacts the health and longevity of your reptiles. Keep water gel, dry gut-load chow, and odor control minerals in distinct zones within your keeper, ensuring plenty of clean vertical egg crate dividers so insects can freely move between hydration and feeding stations without contaminating their dry food.