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[~EquestrianHammy~]

So, I keep mealworms for my Chester and toothless to eat (toothless only gets them like once every other week). I keep my mealworms in a small bin cage that I made. I really want to start getting some mealworm beetles but it isn’t happening...


Questions
Can I use eco earth for their bedding? (How dry?)
What is the best food for them?
Can mini mealworms breed?
How do I get them to pupate?
How long should it take before they pupate?
Is 250 enough for a breeding colony?
How long are they in the pupa for?
I have had them as worms for like 2 months. Is that normal? Should they have pupated already?
I heard that giant mealworms are treated with juvenile mealworm DNA or something, that causes them to not pupate-Is this true?

Thanks for answering my questions!

[Tater]

Umm sorry I forgot everything, but just wanted to pop in and say:

 

I used to breed mealworms for my chickens ;3

 

Um byeee

[~EquestrianHammy~]

Umm sorry I forgot everything, but just wanted to pop in and say:
 
I used to breed mealworms for my chickens ;3
 
Um byeee

How do you preform this arttttttttttt? I can’t seem to figure it outttttt

[Tater]

How do you preform this arttttttttttt? I can’t seem to figure it outttttt

I can ask my father-

 

But he's busy rn so you'll have to wait ;-;
We also did this at school....

[~EquestrianHammy~]

I can ask my father-
 
But he's busy rn so you'll have to wait ;-;
We also did this at school....

Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
I really want to know how. Maybe I can be my bffs mealworm supplier! (She has a beardie)

[lil BIG dwarf]

We did it in school, but I doubt we did it well. For substrate and food they had corn flakes -_-

 

I think Leapard Gecko has some good vids on it

[~EquestrianHammy~]

I was replacing their bedding with eco earth, and I found a pupae! Only one though. Do I need to house it separately?
Here is their setup:

[~EquestrianHammy~]

Umm sorry I forgot everything, but just wanted to pop in and say:
 
I used to breed mealworms for my chickens ;3
 
Um byeee

  

We did it in school, but I doubt we did it well. For substrate and food they had corn flakes -_-
 
I think Leapard Gecko has some good vids on it

Forgot to quote. Look ^

[Tater]

Um ;-;

 

I'm not sure, but I feel like it could be improved 

 

But idk tbh

 

I think the best thing you can do is talk to whoever breeds the mealworms you get. They could give some great advice

That's what my dad did for Dubia Roaches. 

Look up vids too

[~EquestrianHammy~]

Um ;-;
 
I'm not sure, but I feel like it could be improved 
 
But idk tbh
 
I think the best thing you can do is talk to whoever breeds the mealworms you get. They could give some great advice

That's what my dad did for Dubia Roaches. 


Look up vids too

I got them from a pet shop and they don’t breed them themselves. ;-;
The sponge is there, because I soak it water and that is their water source, along with veggies, so they don’t drown.
What can I do to improve it? Maybe add a toilet paper tube? Idk. They hide underneath the terracotta saucer. They have eco earth as substrate.

[Bearthehammy~]

Ive seen people use cheerios as substrate, thats for superworms tho

[~EquestrianHammy~]

Ive seen people use cheerios as substrate, thats for superworms tho

I don’t really want toothless eating Cheerios, even if it is indirect. How long will it be until the pupae hatches?

[Bearthehammy~]

I don’t really want toothless eating Cheerios, even if it is indirect. How long will it be until the pupae hatches?

Their gonna injest any substrate their on

[~EquestrianHammy~]

Their gonna injest any substrate their on

I know. I just don’t want an Axolotl eating Cheerios, it doesn’t sound right. (The very reason I don’t feed them gerber puffs anymore) Idk. I also spent like 30 minutes picking them out of their old bedding...
should I move the pupae to its own enclosure?

(Notice I changed your name in the quote!)

Edited by ~EquestrianHammy~, 30 November 2020 - 11:42 AM.

[Bearthehammy~]

(Notice I changed your name in the quote!)

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