Has anyone else experienced a cricket shortage in your area in the last 1-2 weeks? A local pet shop here in CA, was informed by their supplier that there is some kind of cricket shortage, something is wiping out the crickets. Said pet shop was able to get some 3 and 4 week old crickets last Saturday 6/5 from his source, and was able to acquire some 5 week old crickets from another pet shop that doesn't sell as many.

Another reptile hobbist I know, also in California, was unable to get any crickets at the usual locations she goes to in the Bay Area. One shop even told her that if she did find any crickets, that she shouldn't feed them to her animals as lizards and animals are dieing left and right after eating the crickets available now. This to me sounds like someone is mis-informed and is mis-construing the deaths of perhaps a couple poorly cared for reptiles.

I have fed numerous crickets from Saturday's acquisitions, and all of the dwarf geckos I have are still thriving.

I've tried finding news info on google and bing, but no info. Anyone know anything about what's going on? Verifiable info is a plus! Thanks!