Exo Terra Cricket Pen
Exo Terra Cricket Pen
Somewhere for your crickets to live that isn't the bag they arrived in. The Exo Terra Cricket Pen is a ventilated holding enclosure for live feeder crickets, with removable dispensing tubes that exploit crickets' instinct to hide — they climb inside on their own, so at feeding time you lift a tube and tap out what you need instead of chasing them around a container.
Key features
- Removable, well-ventilated lid — keeps crickets contained and reduces the smell and noise of a standard cricket keeper.
- Hide-tube dispensing — dark tubes that crickets climb into naturally; lift one out to feed without an open chase around the pen.
- Includes food and water bowls — so crickets stay gut-loaded and hydrated, which matters more for your reptile than for the crickets, since a starved cricket passes little nutrition on.
- Two sizes — Small and Large, sized to the number of crickets you buy in a batch.
- Easy to clean — between batches, to stop a build-up of frass and dead insects.
Specifications
| Size | SKU | Dimensions (L x W x H) |
|---|---|---|
| Small | RP187 | 18 x 14 x 11 cm |
| Large | RP188 | 30 x 20.5 x 19.5 cm |
Capacity by cricket size
| Cricket size | Small pen | Large pen |
|---|---|---|
| Nymphs, under 1/2" | 100 | 250 |
| 1/2" crickets | 50 | 100 |
| Adult crickets | 20 | 50 |
Which size do I need?
Go by how many crickets you buy at once and how big they are, not just your reptile's size. A small dragon fed daily off a bulk cricket order needs the Large pen's capacity even though the dragon itself would fit either enclosure. Occasional buyers feeding one or two small lizards from small batches are well covered by the Small pen.
What's included
Both sizes include a ventilated lid, hide/dispensing tubes, and food and water bowls for the crickets. You still need the crickets themselves and a calcium or vitamin dusting powder for gut-loading.
Suitable for, and not suitable for
Suited to holding live crickets purchased in bulk for a few days to a couple of weeks between feeds. Not a breeding setup — it's a holding and dispensing pen, not designed for raising crickets through a full life cycle.
Care and maintenance
Top up the water and food bowls regularly and clean out frass and dead insects between batches to stop odour and mould building up in the ventilated housing.
Warranty and delivery
Covered by your rights under Australian Consumer Law as a packaged terrarium accessory. Ships standard.
Goes well with
- An Exo Terra Feeding Rock / Cricket Feeder, to dust crickets with supplement powder at feeding time
- A calcium or multivitamin reptile dusting powder
- Cricket gut-load food, to keep held crickets nutritious until they're fed out
Common questions
How long can I keep crickets in this pen?
It's designed for short-term holding between feeds — a few days to a couple of weeks — provided you keep food, water and cleanliness up, not as a long-term or breeding enclosure.
How do the dispensing tubes work?
Crickets climb into the dark tubes on their own, following their natural instinct to hide. At feeding time you lift a tube out and tap the crickets into your feeding dish or terrarium.
What's the difference between Small and Large?
Capacity and size. The Small (18 x 14 x 11 cm) holds up to 100 nymphs or 20 adult crickets; the Large (30 x 20.5 x 19.5 cm) holds up to 250 nymphs or 50 adult crickets.
Do I still need to dust the crickets separately?
Yes — the pen holds and dispenses crickets but doesn't dust them. Use an Exo Terra Feeding Rock or dust by hand with a calcium/vitamin powder before feeding.
