Ok. I bought 500 meal worms at petco yesterday with plans on breeding them. Some will get eaten b4 that cuz I will be grabbing mealies for the gex & gliders as I go. But I have a few questions and was hoping someone here could help me out.



first off, is 500 too many to start with? I just have 2 geckos and 2 sugar gliders who will be eating them. the suggies eat 3-5 each every other night. The geckos main food source is crickets but I'd like to eventually change that.



I have them in a small critter keeper. the size is about 7 inches long, by 4 inches wide and 6 inches tall. Filled about an inch with oatmeal, bran muffin mix and tropical fish food flakes- I poured it over little bit of crumpled paper.



So do you think the critter keeper size is ok for the mealies? I understand pupas and bugs go in different containers, but I dont have any of them yet. Just mealies. Also is the food mix ok?



Now for my main question. Some sites say place the potato on a piece of card board so the food/bedding doesn't get wet or damp. Other sites don't say to do this-just to place it on top of the oatmeal. So.. Um, what do I do? What is the best way? Would the mealies find the potato if its on card board? And is potato, carrot or bread the best for a water supply- ya know, least likely to mould? (im assuming red potatoes are ok? thats all I have lol)



OHHHH and.. Im not gonna have hundreds of bugs all at once am I? lol they are sooo gross ew LOL. Should i put 1/2 or more in the fridge?



Any info would be appreciated greatfully



Candi



BTW.. my name was supposed to be werthers_original (the al went somewhere??) lol

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