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I was just checking out Flukers web site. They have this cool thing where you spend $30 bucks and get crikets (50) or mealworms (250) sent to your house every week, other week, or month (7 times). It is a bit pricy, but if the chances of these crikets/mealworms having fewer parasites, mites... is lower I will do it.

Has anyone tried this?

How long will mealworms last being refridgerated?

I'm not into breeding them myself but I don't really trust my pet store when it comes to cleanlyness. So for a few bucks more and no weekly trips to the pet store, this seems like a good plan for me.

Lisa

I haven't tried it, but I was SO close to. The only problem, is my cricket consumption has gone up so I've had to look elsewhere for food buying. I actually just spent $53 on food from reptilefood.com. I will say, that if you buy crickets and such offline as opposed to your pet store, the money you save is amazing. I spent $53 on 250 crickets, 1000 supers, and 1000 mealies. To make myself feel better and not think I spent too much, I figured how much that would all cost if I bought it at one of my local pet stores:

-250 crickets: $26.88 (w/o tax) at pet store/ $8.00 at reptilefood.com
-1000 supers: $100 (w/o tax) at pet store/ $15.00 at reptilefood.com
-1000 mealies: $82.50 (w/o tax) at pet store/ $5.25 at reptilefood.com
-Total cost: $209.38 (w/o tax and trust me, tax makes a big deal at this price)

So I saved over $150 buying food online. And that is including the $20 shipping. It's too cold here STILL to do the 2 day stuff, and my babies are running on empty. So I say go ahead and buy online you will save a bundle in the long run.
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Wow that's awsome, I'm going to do it when I get my leos at the end of the month. Do you know how long mealworms last in the fridge? Thanks for your reply,

Lisa