Zoo Med Insect Care | Natural Cricket Hydration & Food

Zoo Med’s Natural Cricket Care is a nutritious, all-natural food designed to keep feeder crickets healthy, gut-loaded, and ready to provide maximum nutritional value for your reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Formulated with high-quality plant ingredients, vitamins, and minerals, this feed ensures that the crickets you raise or keep are packed with essential nutrients before being offered to your pets. By feeding your crickets Zoo Med’s Natural Cricket Care, you’re improving your pet’s diet — providing enhanced calcium, protein, and nutrient intake that promotes stronger bones, vibrant coloration, and overall well-being. Safe and free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, it’s the clean, effective way to support both your feeder insects and your reptiles’ health.

Key Benefits:

• Gut-Loads Feeder Crickets – Ensures crickets are rich in nutrients before being fed to reptiles or amphibians.
• All-Natural Formula – Made from wholesome plant-based ingredients with added vitamins and minerals.
• Improves Reptile Nutrition – Boosts calcium and protein intake for healthier pets.
• Safe and Clean – Contains no artificial additives, colors, or preservatives.
• Easy to Use – Simply provide to feeder crickets in a shallow dish for daily feeding.

Why should I feed my crickets before giving them to my reptiles?

Feeding crickets with Zoo Med’s Natural Cricket Care gut-loads them, meaning they store essential nutrients that your reptiles absorb when they eat the crickets — resulting in a healthier, more nutritious diet for your pets.

Can I use this food for other feeder insects?

Yes! While it’s formulated for crickets, this diet can also be used for roaches, mealworms, and other feeder insects to enhance their nutritional value.

Ingredients:

Organic Soybean Meal, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Dried Lima Beans, Rice Bran, Organic Ground Whole Wheat, Almond Hull Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Endive, Escarole, Dicalcium Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dried Dandelion Greens, Yeast Culture, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Brewer’s Dried Yeast, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (stabilized source of Vitamin C), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Sodium Selenite, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Bifidobacterium bifidum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Methionine Complex, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Niacin Supplement (source of Vitamin B3), D-Calcium Pantothenate (source of Vitamin B5), Copper Chloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Garlic Extract, Horseradish, Anise Extract, Juniper Extract, Cassia Bark Extract, Ginger Extract, Rosemary (flavor), Citric Acid (preservative), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative).

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FAQ

What is Zoo Med’s Natural Cricket Care?

It’s a gut-loading and hydration formula designed to feed and maintain crickets, ensuring they provide maximum nutrition when fed to reptiles and amphibians.

What does “gut-loading” mean?

Gut-loading is the process of feeding crickets a nutrient-rich diet before offering them to your pet, so the crickets pass on those nutrients during feeding.

What is in Zoo Med’s Natural Cricket Care?

It contains natural grains, vitamins, and minerals that enhance the nutritional value of feeder crickets without artificial preservatives or colors.

Is it safe for all feeder insects?

Yes, it can be used to feed crickets, roaches, mealworms, and other common feeder insects.

How do I use this product?

Place a small amount of the food in a shallow dish inside your cricket container and replace it as needed when consumed.

Does this product provide water for the crickets?

No, it provides dry nutrition only. Use Zoo Med’s Cricket Water or fresh produce to ensure proper hydration.