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I was just wondering because i saw you guys talking about feeding your mealies oats and I have this box of Cream Of Wheat that I ordered on the internet, would that be good mealie food along with all the useual potaotes and carrots? I looks a lot easier to seive out from the mealies Thankyou in advance

-Allie

I don't see why not. Give it a try.

It's out of date anyway lol

-Allie

check the ingredients. You don't want to be giving your leo preservatives or sugar. It's so much better to use either a high-quality premade gutload, or make your own. It's not really that hard to 'sift' mealies out of a 'chunkier' gutload, and it's SO much better than cream of wheat!

I actually like the fact that rolled oats are big enough to not pass through the strainer I've got. It allows me to separate the old broken down substrate (which resembles sawdust) from the mealworms and the remaining good oats.

I keep the floor of my container covered with about 1/2 inch of good oats and the mealworms aren't too difficult to find. I only use about 20 mealworms a day though so they're not all that hard to separate.

One nice thing I've also noticed is that the adult beetles like to grab hold of the strainer's edge, thus it becomes relatively simple to sort them out from the mealworms and good oats when cleaning up the substrate. Unwanted beetles just go down the giant porcelain whirlpool.

Thanks, I'll check the ingrediants but I wont use it if it contains sugsr and that lot, only healthy stuff of course Thanks

-Allie