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From the horror stories of how terrible they keep animals from members on here I'd say a avoid Petco fullstop. Don't give them any custom. Don't give them any money. Don't give them any support.
Avoid Petco Feeders
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Arachnopeon
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Petco is a big time rip-off when it comes to feeders (and at that probably beyond just feeders).
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Mostly luck of the draw, but I never get those boxes of crickets that are already boxed I always have them get them from the tank.
The supers from Petco are so fine .
Honestly it sounds like you just got unlucky and a bad batch. I also don't like to feed crickets or mealworms to mantids because of the harder exoskeletons. I stick to flies in other soft-bodied prey for them.
@KevinsWither you should not feed them wild-caught prey even if you lived in an area where they don't actively use pesticides you have no idea where they could have wandered from and they could have pesticides or parasites.
The supers from Petco are so fine .
Honestly it sounds like you just got unlucky and a bad batch. I also don't like to feed crickets or mealworms to mantids because of the harder exoskeletons. I stick to flies in other soft-bodied prey for them.
@KevinsWither you should not feed them wild-caught prey even if you lived in an area where they don't actively use pesticides you have no idea where they could have wandered from and they could have pesticides or parasites.
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I don't even remember the last time I got feeders from LPS. Sorry to here about your mantis. It really sucks. It really goes for any feeders, from crickets to worms, goldfish and mice/rats. Though when I did use feeder crickets from petco years ago I never had any problems. Rats for my snakes on the other hand....