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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

After the debacle with my usual supplier I turned to Livefood UK. It's early days but from what I have seen so far I am delighted with their service and the quality of the product.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic experience . Have used livefoodtamworth for a while now , tried other companies before and none of them compare . My bugs are always delivered fast , I think the most dead bugs I’... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cheaper and better - been using them for a few months now to buy bulk as it is cheaper than feeding from pet stores but no compromise on quality. Website is easy, phoned for help regarding a hot weath... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Ordered the product and received it within 2 days which was better than my expectation. However although it was wrapped in copious amounts of bubble-wrap the packaging had slightly split inside, leaki... See more

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We are a family run business trading since 1989 first under the Name Chiltern Reptiles and then became an incorporated company in 2003 when we changed our name to Livefood UK Ltd. Because we are a small close knit company with just 10 employees we are able to really concentrate on customer care which has been the driving force behind our continued growth despite the harsh economic climate. Mail order livefood supplies for reptiles birds monkeys spiders lizards snakes frogs toads newts. Also full range of reptile accessories and vivarium supplies.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely delighted

Absolutely delighted. All 50 locusts arrived alive and well and looking particularly juicy! Our bearded dragon was equally delighted.
Excellent quick service and they answer emails within an hour!!!!! which is pretty phenomenal at the moment.
Had been buying locally and it was very hit and miss with quality and quantity - half we’re usually dead and I had an hour round trip to be told - “Oh they’re not on the order today”
I will definitely be buying on a regular basis and would nightly recommend.

August 21, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend

Highly recommend Livefood UK a brilliant service, I have ordered from here sporadically over the last few years but more so during the pandemic. Every order has been spot on with all insects alive and healthy, I bought a springtail culture to add to a bioactive terrarium in April which is also brilliantly thriving. There was a small mistake with one order which was rectified so quickly the next morning I really cannot fault their customer service, thank you and keep up the great work with keeping our pets fed.

August 19, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dire Service, constant missing items.

Switched back to this company after not using them for years.

During the last few months I have had multiple orders with items missing which require me each time to contact them and get them to send the missing items.

This last order is the last straw. They claimed to send out my order last Thursday however I never received a tracking email. I queried this and they provided a tracking number. However that tracking number when checked on the royal mail site claimed royal mail had never received the package.

So after advising the order still hadn't arrived they advised they would send a replacement which I agreed to however they didn't send it out that day and sent me an email the following day claiming to have a "powercut" which prevented them from shipping.

They did eventually advise they sent out the order which they said would arrive today but once again I have received nothing!

I have asked for a refund and tried phoning them as I have now ordered elsewhere but I have had with no answer.

The only redeeming factor is the quality of the live food is good, shame the service is so dreadful.

*UPDATE* order did arrive in the end. received a sarcastic and unprofessional response from them I assume in response to the bad feedback. They were augmentative and defensive when I mentioned I found it suspicious they used the same royal mail tracking number for the replacement order. They ignored my request for a refund and to return and cancel the order. I will never use this company again.

July 29, 2020
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we are very sorry for the problems that you have experienced.
There is however a global catastrophe happening right now and things are not running quite as well as usual.

Your original order was sent last Thursday but has got lost probably because the barcode label has got damaged so this has not been scanned onto the system. This has occasionally happened before but as long as the actual address part of the label has not been damaged to the point that it is unreadable the parcel has still been delivered even though it has not shown up on the tracking.

That is why we replied to your email on Monday to say that if it did not arrive Monday to let us know and we would send a replacement. You replied on Monday afternoon but there was a powercut that prevented us from picking up emails until later Monday afternoon by which time it was too late to send the replacement on Monday.

We sent a replacement on Tuesday which in normal circumstances would have arrived yesterday but the tracking is showing the replacement has got as far as the Peterborough mail centre yesterday so will hopefully be with you today.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Big disappointment .

Recommended by my vet nurse, my bearded dragon has been sick and I was desperate to find a Dubia supplier for him where they don’t all arrive dead . Ordered Saturday , arrived Tuesday- but no Dubias and no explanation . On emailing- still no explanation but was told a replacement would be dispatched yesterday . Mail has already been - no roaches . I clearly need to keep looking for a reliable live food supplier with good communication. I can only hope I get a refund, very annoying considering the dubias were the main reason for ordering .
ETA:
So the replacement order arrived with one pot of 12 instead of two. So I paid £6.50 for 12 roaches and your email states my trustpilot review is harsh - yet I’m let down again . I would love to recommend you and feel confident to order again if things are rectified .

July 29, 2020
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Hi
I am very sorry that we missed the roaches from your order but we apologised for the packing mistake and sent a replacement right away on a tracked 24 delivery to make sure they arrived today. I have just checked the tracking and see that they have now been delivered just 2 hours after you wrote this review.
Hi again,
In response to your second added comment I am glad the replacement roaches have now arrived and of course we are mortified that only 1 tub of 12 roaches was sent instead of 2

We really are working under considerable pressure ATM and although it does not happen often mistakes can happen but we will always rectify any mistakes we have made.

I will get a replacement sent today.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding service!!

Have been using LiveFood UK for over a year now and highly recommend them! My last order I placed early morning on Tuesday and within two hours they were hand delivered to my door! Privileged to live in the same county. No dead on arrivals. Excellent quality and service.

July 15, 2020
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TBH you were rather lucky that we had a van delivery going your way on Tuesday so please don't expect them within 2 hours of placing the order every time :) but thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5*. Delivered fast, all alive on arrival and exactly as described

Usually buy crickets from a local pet shop but it was a pain having to buy the little tubs all the time as my monitor doesn't waste time chomping through them but found this company who sell bulk bags and after reading a few reviews thought I'd order. Order arrived after 1 day which is phenomenal for the money and I literally did not find a single dead cricket (out of about 600) which again is phenomenal as I'm so used to having at least half a dozen dead usually more when purchasing elsewhere. Couldn't rate this company any better as service and goods are flawless. Will definitely be a regular customer keep it up :)

July 14, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5* Best around!

Been using Livefood UK for a couple of years with great service every time, shipping and delivery of orders is always fast and there is never any issues of items that I need being out of stock.
Would never go anywhere else for my orders!

June 18, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Quality food

I have been using this company for a long time and the quality of the live food is brilliant but some of the locusts be dead in the boxes. Other than that everything is positive.

June 6, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent- first time I've tried Live…

Excellent- first time I've tried Live Food UK, and their delivery was super speedy and when I made a mistake with my order, they gave me extra, and didn't charge me for it! I can't fault them! thank you so much!

May 14, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb service.

Superb service.

Compared with other providers (looking at you, Pet Spectrum) Livefood are still providing next day delivery. Live mealworms are the best quality I've seen - cannot fault this service.

May 14, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review we are glad you like our service

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service

Fantastic service,ordered Wednesday morning arrived alive and well Thursday morning. Well packaged and will be ordering again. 5*****

May 1, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service from Live Foods!

Excellent service from Live Foods!

Needed a stat quite quickly, live foods stepped up to the mark and went above and beyond without hesitation! Excellent service and efficient delivery!

Well done to the whole team at live foods! Thank you! I would not hesitate to recommend this company!

April 28, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Reliable, economical and top quality

Relates to wax moth larvae order.
An outstanding service, outstanding product.
Quality wax moth larvae. Everyone alive and not a single pupae impressive since I bought 5 x 75g. That’s about 1300 individuals.
Incredible value for money you will not match anywhere and I’ve seen every deal there is out there. I just saved myself about £20 using this company which means I can extend my collection and feed optimally without first worrying about cost.
Turn around from on line order to receiving the product was less than two day at standard rates. Beat that.
These people dealt with my order immediately, they didn’t sit on it. Indicative of a slick and highly efficient professional team.
At this price I can afford to extend my amphibian collection. I can rely on a customer oriented company supplying me with quality live food giving me confidence in my husbandry of my animals.
Absolutely will use again and recommend highly.

April 24, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What an excellent company I've used…

What an excellent company I've used swell for years and with what's going on at the minute their stock was low online so I tried livefoods uk and wow I wont be going back to swell for my livefood fast delivery and superb quality the locusts and crickets were so healthy and lots of them way more in the tubs than swell give you I would highly recommend livefoods uk to anyone needing livefood for their inverts and lizards nice to find a truly amazing company that supplies high quality and plentiful amounts for such an amazing price

April 2, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered 3 times now and each time paid…

Ordered 3 times now and each time paid for next day delivery and my orders have never turned up next day always takes 3 days at least terrible service

March 28, 2020
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Please do not lie!
I am sorry to hear that your latest order has been delayed however these are exceptional times but it is simply not true that your previous 2 orders were late.

Your previous order to this (779628) was placed by you 10-02-2020 and delivered 11-02-2020 as can been seen from the tracking https://www.royalmail.com/track-your-item?trackNumber=VY213644755GB

The order before that (775831) was placed by you 13/01/2020 and delivered 14/01/2020 as can be seen by the tracking https://www.royalmail.com/track-your-item?trackNumber=VY195762921GB

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ALL THAWED

I was expecting the items to be totally frozen as suggested on the web site. My order of 10 mice and 3 hamsters arrived in an aweful condition. They had all defrosted and were all mushy. Most of the mice also had blooded noses. Thrown the whole lot away

March 9, 2020
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We replied to you and explained that as these were MAP Packed and there had not been a delay in delivery then these would have been perfectly safe to use unfortunately the reply we sent to email address from your first email was not picked up by you. As you have now disposed of these we have refunded.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always high quality live food and frozen, and really quick delivery

I'm so glad I found this website, and I haven't looked back since.

The mealworms are always of great quality, and arrive with no black in them whatsoever.

The locusts are always spritely and last a lot longer than those bought in any pet store I've used, and maybe I'm anthropomorphising my Leopard Gecko a little here but he seems to enjoy them more!

One of my Royal Pythons can be a fussy little noodle, and she never refuses the rats I get from here - even the brown ones which she previously wouldn't go anywhere near from other places.

The customer service is also friendly, efficient and really high quality.

Highly recommend this service

February 18, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've used these guy's since around 2011…

I've used these guy's since around 2011 and was my main food source for my Vittikins Dragon and would say I could barely count the issues I had with my orders on one hand, If I have EVER had an order it has been redeemed ASAP with almost 0 questions even asked - This was AMAZING and meant any issue I did have never interfered with my girl losing out.

Absolutely amazing service and staff when I have been in contact, I would also like to point out the issues I had were mainly down to size which I imagine is quite hard to judge sometimes which obviously I cannot fault them for! We're all human.

I urge and have urged everyone to use this site the ONLY time I have had an issue getting live food is when they had a fire at HQ other than that A* service.

James

February 14, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy

Very happy with my order, although postman did leave outside in the cold,(15mins or so) luckily I spotted the package outside door as gf was leaving for work.. (not yours guys fault i know)
But anywho.. bought packageinside and once opened i was happy to see lots of lively insects, got an extra critter in with me crickets, a spider 😱😂, although i like insects spiders creep me out! Only thing my mind was what type of spider is it? Lol
Anyways made my morning and will definitely be ordering from you guys again. brilliant service,fast delivery, and alot cheaper than retail ☺👍

February 5, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service. Sorry about the spider, they are a harmless common species native to the UK and most lizards love them :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

100% recommended!

I missed the post man Saturday so was Fearing the worst when I went to collect on Monday.
When I opened my order I was extremely pleased to see tubs FULL of LIVE insects.
So use to paying double the price for more of the insect food than the insects themselves.
Extremely pleased with my order and will definitely be returning again!

January 6, 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review, it is good to know you are happy with the products and service.

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