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Silent Brown Crickets are a staple feeder for most reptiles and amphibians, they are cost effective, easy to gut load and highly nutritious. Size Instar Reg Tub Quantity Bulk 500 Bulk 1000 Large 15-20mm 6 50 Bag N/a Standard 12-18mm 5 100 Bag Bag Medium 8-12mm 4 125 Bag Bag Medium/Small 6-8mm 3 175 N/a Bag Small 4-5mm 2 250 Tub N/a Mini 2-3mm 1 400 N/a N/a A new size of crickets, perfect for keepers of Dendrobatids and small geckos, is available now. The new ‘mini’ cricket, is a 5-6 day old house brown cricket that is larger than a ‘micro’ but smaller than a ‘small’. This means the insects are slightly more robust and the optimal size for poison frogs, which represents an increasingly popular area of exotics keeping. Approx 400 per tub. We would recommend ordering these instead of micro and are pleased to confirm they are covered by our standard live arrival guarantee. The following are non-standard sizes, allow an extra day for despatch Size Size Instar Reg Tub Quantity Bulk XL 20-30mm 7 25 Bag of 500 Micro 1-3 1 500 N/a *Micro crickets are too small for the vast majority of species, they are excluded from our live arrival guarantee. Please consider our new mini size. Note on species: "Silent" is not a literal term, all crickets make some noise, larger sizes are supplied as g.assimilis and will be less noisy than other cricket species. Smaller sizes are g.assimilis or acheta subject to production.

Snail Pre-Packs for Reptiles Snails make a fantastic occasional addition to the diet of many reptiles and turtles. Our convenient snail pre-packs are ideal for keepers who want to add variety, natural feeding behaviour and extra nutrition to their animals’ feeding routine. Which reptiles can eat snails? Snails are especially beneficial for species that naturally encounter them in the wild, including: Pink-tongued skinks Caiman lizards Blue-tongued skinks Musk turtles Box turtles They can also be offered occasionally as a treat to other opportunistic insectivores and omnivores, such as: Bearded dragons European eyed lizards Red-foot tortoises Many other omnivorous or insectivorous reptiles Snails are not intended as a staple food, but most suitable reptiles will happily take them when offered. Why add snails to your reptile’s diet? Helps increase dietary variety and enrichment Encourages natural feeding behaviour Provides additional calcium for shell and bone health Offers extra protein and natural moisture Can be gut-loaded to boost their nutritional value even further Offering a snail every couple of weeks as part of a varied feeding routine helps support overall health and wellbeing. Choosing the right size Our snail pre-packs are available in small, medium and large sizes so you can match the prey to the size of your reptile. If you are unsure which size to offer, choose the smaller snails. For extra peace of mind, you can remove the shell before feeding. Gut-loaded snails can be frozen and then defrosted as needed for later feeds. How to gut-load snails Gut-loading means feeding the snails a highly nutritious diet before offering them to your reptile, so all those vitamins and minerals are passed on. To keep and gut-load snails, set them up much like giant African land snails: Use a ventilated enclosure such as a faunarium or breeder box. Add a moisture-retaining substrate like coco fibre. Provide a constant calcium source (e.g. a tortoise calcium block or cuttlefish bone). Offer a mix of leafy greens and vegetables such as: Spring greens, kale, mustard greens, dandelion leaves, watercress Butternut squash and carrot (rich in beta carotene and beneficial vitamins) Bell peppers and sweet potato (great for vitamins and natural energy) Papaya (adds vitamin C, natural enzymes and extra variety) Feed this gut-loading diet for around 24–72 hours before offering the snails to your reptile. Used sensibly as part of a varied feeding plan, snail pre-packs are a simple way to add natural nutrition and enrichment to your reptile’s diet.

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The T-Albino Isopod are a relatively hardy isopod that reaches around 18mm when fully grown. Happy in tropical and more arid environments. These isopods will make excellent custodians in most bio-active set ups. Don’t forget that these little guys will also add variety and a boost of calcium to an insectivorous reptiles diet.