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It may surprise you to know that crickets have been a dietary staple in many countries for a long time. What may surprise you even more is that Americans, particularly those who are health conscious, have begun incorporating crickets into their diets. Moreso than the average Joe, body builders and other athletes have been turning to crickets for a low fat, high protein substitute for meats and fish. However, one does not need to be a bodybuilder or athlete to enjoy the health benefits crickets have to offer. 

We have talked on our blog about the many advantages to buying crickets online as opposed to in a pet store. Now let’s talk about why you should not only buy online, but why you should also choose Top Hat Cricket Farm. At Top Hat Cricket Farm, we have a wide variety of orderable quantities, our crickets are resistant to the deadly AdDNV virus, AND we ship our live crickets to our customers throughout the entire year. In this post, we will outline five of the reasons you should choose Top Hat Cricket Farm for all of your live cricket needs. 

Reptiles require much different care and nutrition that usual pets like cats, dogs, and rodents. If you’re new to having a reptile, it’s important to do a lot of research to make sure your new pet is as happy and healthy as possible. One of the main responsibilities of any pet owner is to ensure they are properly fed and are receiving the nutrition necessary to thrive. In this post, we will look at how to feed live crickets to your reptile. 

One of the most difficult aspects of buying feeder crickets online is ensuring that your crickets arrive safe, alive and healthy. Top Hat Cricket takes every precaution possible to ensure that your crickets get to you intact and with minimal delays. Using a tried and tested shipping schedule, we limit the number of days that your crickets will be in transit, reducing the amount of “unknown” time between our facility and your home.

Making sure your bearded dragon is being fed the proper a proper diet is the most important thing to its health and livelihood overall. A proper diet for your pet will mean a better mood, nicer coloring, and even a longer life. Making sure your bearded dragon is properly fed is not the easiest task, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience. In this post, we will go through a brief overview of what you should be feeding your bearded dragon. 

Crickets are a staple for some pets, with bearded dragons, lizards and iguanas among them. Those particular pets are insectivores, meaning they'll devour all types of live insects, including the feeder crickets that Top Hat Cricket Farm has grown and supplied for 65 years. And reptiles aren't the only animals that crave crickets.

We like that phrase. Brits have a way of saying things, and it would be great if a few of them would catch on here. “It Just Isn’t Cricket.” Even though you usually hear it expressed in the negative, it’s actually a very positive thing. When something is wrong and elicits a complaint, they will say it “isn’t cricket.” If what’s wrong isn’t cricket, that means that when something is right, something is good, even something is virtuous … it IS “cricket.”  

As time goes on it seems as though online shopping continues to get more and more popular. People’s time is spread thin as it is and no one wants to spend time and energy going to the store when they can have what they need delivered to their home or office. There are a lot of advantages to buying live crickets online instead of at the pet store. In this post, we will look at four of the advantages to buying your live crickets online from Top Hat Cricket Farm. 

We carry the Gyllodes sigillatus cricket, commonly known as the banded cricket. To ensure you’re getting the most bang for your buck, you want to your feeder crickets to live as long as possible and also be as nutritious as possible to your pet. In this post we will look at how you should be taking care of your banded crickets to get as much usefulness out of them as possible. 

Top Hat Cricket Farm breeds and sells the tropical house cricket, known by its scientific name Gryllodes sigillatus. The tropical house cricket usually grows to be between 13 and 18 mm long and take about three months to mature from egg to adult. The Gryllodes sigillatus lives in the tropically regions of Asia. Through mimicking their natural habitat, we have been able to grow and provide you with healthy tropical house crickets. In this post, we will look at the benefits of feeding your reptile, or other cricket loving pet, tropical house crickets.