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Hey guys I know antsalive usually has a problem filling orders specially now, with the winter and all the cold we recently have had;however, I have been trying to purchase some feed for my little guys, and it seems my credit card or any credit card will not go thru, is there a problem you know of?, I can not even get through at phronosoma.com, and my guys are sliming fast despite everything else I have offered to eat. Please let me know if I can keep my guys alive with anything else, if there is another site that accepts orders let me know. I need harvesters!!!.

Don't particularly want to speak for Mark, but since you're in a hurry, I know he shut down sales of harvesters on phrynosoma a little while ago due to winter.

I shut down my sales about a month ago for the same reason. In fact I sent some of my last ants out to Mark for some of his HLs that were still up, and I was hoping that he had some smaller ones to send back to me for my hatchlings. Everybody is hurting on ants right now, and this ain't 'zactly the best weekend to be asking for ants, know what I mean? For that reason you should be hibernating them if you can.

If this ice storm breaks in the next couple days I might gather a few to sustain my hatchlings, and if the cold temps hold this time, the adults will be asleep hopefully for a month or two without too much disturbance.

If your lizards don't have the fat reserves to hibernate then the next best food ( though inferior in my opinion ) is pinhead crickets. They can be used in a pinch until you can get ants.
You might post a pic of your lizards if you need to know whether they are fat enough to hibernate. That would be best for them given the situation, rather than letting them burn calories and starve for lack of food.
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I ordered ants just after Christmas and got them a few days ago from AntsAlive. It's just a difficult time of year. They do take Paypal which is how I order. I just tried to order and the Paypal option "seems" to be working, but I don't have enough funds to complete it right now dang it. lol
Pinheads are good for now if they will eat them. If they are adults, you can go with slightly larger cricks, but don't get the big ones. They are generally no good for HLs.
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It's good to hear that you got your ants. I ordered some harvester ants on 1/1/07 and haven't received them yet. I've tried calling/e-mailing Life Studies to see if they have shipped and/or have tracking information but haven't received any reply. Their number takes me straight to voice mail and that mail box is full. But since you got your ants I feel a little bit better about their service.

One question, when they shipped them did you receive an e-mail notification and/or tracking information?