In the wild, snakes and some lizards predate heavily on rats, mice and birds, so it’s no surprise animals are a very popular choice for feeding captive reptiles, both in domestic and commercial settings. Captive reptiles can thrive on frozen rodents or birds, as they mimic their wild diet. It is important to know adult animals generally store larger amounts of fat than young or immature animals, as is the case with humans. The flip side is older animals may also contain more calcium (& other minerals) due to their mature bone structure. Therefore, varying your reptile’s diet between rats, quail or chicks is a safe strategy to ensure they are receiving a balanced diet.

At Bugs Alive, we specialise in supplying live insects as pet feed, as well as frozen mice, rats, quail and chicks in convenient sized packs. All our animals are sustainably raised before being humanely euthanised and immediately frozen to ensure complete freshness. Frozen feeds are considered to have many benefits over live specimens when it comes to the care of your pet; frozen mice/rats/quail/chicks will be free of parasites which could negatively impact your reptiles, and live prey can cause severe injuries to your reptile, especially if not experienced in hunting live rats. Live prey are also very difficult to source and hold before feeding.

Bugs Alive’s frozen range have been developed to cater for customer needs, and providing great value. Our range includes 3g pinky mice to 180g chicks and 399g rats in relevant pack sizes so your freezer storage space is not overrun with pet foods.

Bugs Alive also sell a range of frozen insects.

As essential aspect of caring for your pet, no matter which species it may be, is providing a nutritious and interesting diet that promotes the health, vitality and longevity of your pet. For the more common domestic pets, felines and canines, there is an enormous variety of commercially available pet foods, but if your pet is somewhat different and requires a specialist food source of rodents, small birds or insects then here at Bugs Alive, Cairns, we have got you covered.

At Bugs Alive we supply premium quality pet food that has been responsibly and sustainably reared and whilst our fresh products are always in demand, we also have a range of frozen rodents, quail and insects.

Bugs Alive’s range of frozen rats range from the tiniest Pinky (~9g in packs of 10) with 10 other options up to the Whopper, which weigh between 300 and 350g each in packs of 2. All our frozen rats and quail are grain fed, humanely euthanised and frozen quickly to ensure freshness and quality.

Additionally, we also supply dried and frozen insects; crickets, woodies and Black Soldier Fry Larva, which maintain all the nutritional benefits of fresh live insects but with the convenience of being frozen or dried.

Reach out to us today and place your order for your high quality pet foods from Bugs Alive.