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RE: Do you add water to mealworm culture?

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Posted by: Bigtattoo at Tue Feb 1 17:02:15 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bigtattoo ]  
   

Adding water would probably make your bedding get moldy. Potatoes are a good source of water for you mealworms.

Oatmeal will keep your mealworms going but is not a very good gutload for feeding them to your reptiles.

My recipe;

1 box each of the 4 Gerber powdered baby foods.
An equal amount of oatmeal, whole wheat flour, bran and ground parakeet seed (this can be processed in a blender or food processor). I also add Ol' Roy dry dog kibble.

Your mealworms will thrive on this and it will provide much better nutrition for your herps.

Hope this helps,
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BigT
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