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Meal worm bedding?

What do you guys like for breeding mealies in?

  • Ground food stuff into a powder

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Whole seeds and chunks of foods

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • A combination

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Other (specify)

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • Total voters
    7
Alice, unless you are sure it is the mealworms, it is very likely that you are allergic to the chicken feed instead. I work in a chicken house and the feed irritates everyones skin. For me it gives me no problem what-so-ever, but I do get occasional small red spots on my skin from it though I can't feel them.

QUESTIONS:
-Is it necessary to pick the dead of of a culture?
-Is any type of bran good to used?
-Do they need something porous to lay their eggs in?

My mealworms are still not coming back. It is still a lot of beatles and no worms. This makes no sense to me being that without reproducing they should have died off by now, correct? Any suggestions?
 
Oh 2/3 of the people voted 'other.' What is other, what can there be besides ground, whole, or combo?

Which is best out of those three choices?
 
I use plain bran and oatmeal or oatbran.I dont grind it or anything.I also put in potatoes and carrots for moisture with the occasional slice of orange or apple.I dont use fruit very often as it molds easily if not sliced thin so they can eat it fast.My mealies are big and fat...I should mention I use organic bran and oatbran but regular oatmeal..Heck I could eat my mealies in a pinch they are so healthy..I did get my 17yo son to eat one once..
 
BTW Dont throw out the old potato rinds left over thats what they lay thier eggs on.I just leave them in till I get too many then I clean out only half the potato rinds at any time...
 
Darn, Celia, that is precisely what I've been doing wrong. I've been throwing out the potato rinds, all that I can find atleast. I used to not do it and then I read somewhere that I needed to; I didn't make the connection until now, but if memory serves me correctly that is approximately when the problem started. Thank you! Uhm, why and how did you do that to your son haha?!

Oh, being I have predominately beatles, they don't always finish the potatoes as they did when I had lots of worms; should I still leave them in or will they rot? Should I just leave the ones they do finish?
 
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Mealworm Care

Mealworms should be stored in a much colder environment than room temperature. Recommended temperature is 45-50ºF for housing mealworms. Average refrigerator temperature is usually sufficient and will greatly increase the amount of time mealworms can be kept. Mealworms should be kept in a plastic shoebox size container with two inches of bedding material. You can provide water for your mealworms by removing them from the refrigerator, allowing them to warm up for an hour and then placing thin slices of potatoes, fruits or Cricket Water on top of the bedding for them to consume. After a couple of hours remove the excess water source and return the container back to the refrigerator. They will not need much nourishment because the cooler temperatures keep them in a hibernated state.

Even though mealworms are kept in a slight state of hibernation they will still grow and shed their skin. Minor cleaning of shells is recommended and will keep the excess shells out of your pet's environment. Taking care of your feeder insects will help keep them healthy and in turn will lead to a healthier pet.
 
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