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Hi
i whas curoius with that chow can you have then a good production ?
r r leafes much better?
but is it posibal feeding only chow and have good production ?
thx
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I feed only chow with no problems. All of the silkworm suppliers only use chow too. If you feed then Mulberry leaves then it's real hard to change them to chow later.

Hi
thx
today i have buy 24 silkworms.
am curoius if they like the worms
i also saw one made a cocoon .
now i must look if there is a way to breed them .
they looked very big and the outside looked abit like a woman toy heheh

byeeeee
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Hi
now i saw on pictures the silk worms.
but they look diferent then the onces i have .
mine have more spikes alover body .
i wil make a picture today ok .
mayb e i have a other species?
when they made cocoon then come out a moth and where does the moth lay the eggs?
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Hi
can you also breed those worms ?
and if yes you ahve a good webstie ?
thx
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You never posted a pic. so I don't know what kind of worms you have. I'd find out and make sure they're OK for Beardies before feeding them out.

I put tape brown mailing paper to the bottom of a 20L Terrarium. When the moths come out of the cocoons I transfer them to the paper lined terrarium. They will mate (assuming you have both sexes) and then the females will lay their eggs on the paper. I like the paper because then I cut it into small pieces before putting them in the refrigerator so i can take out a small amount of eggs to hatch at a time.

Hi
here is the worm i buy in reptile store .

here is the cocoon

you saw one even made a cocoon.

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Hi
can you make a pic how you have housed them ??
thx
i have found a suplier in the uk who have eggs and chow .
i wil try those to .
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hi
you know how many worms i can feed with this?
Silkworm artificial feed/1kg
£ 25.00
i wanna feed 1000 worms from egg to adult .
do the moths also eat the chow ?
do the silkmoth fly ??
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I have no idea what kind of caterpillar that is. I'd find out and be real sure it's OK for dragons before I fed any. Many caterpillars are lethal to dragons.

I just put my silkworms in plastic leftover food containers. They are 10" x 6" x 3" tall and have a lid. the container can accomodate about 50 adult silkworms. I only put the lid on for a few hours when they are just hatched and fed so that the food doesn't dry out. Otherwise I lay it on top so they're 90% covered.

1000 worms is a lot to have at one time. My adult dragons eat about 4 adult silkworms in one meal if they're real hungry. If you're buying eggs I'd split them up and start some earlier and some later.

Are you talking about 1 kg dry food? Of 1 kg of prepared food. 1 kg of prepared food won't be enough. But 1 kg of dry food should make 8 kg prepared food and should be plenty.

Silkworm moths do not fly and do not eat. They only live a few days and can be fed to your dragons after they lay eggs.

Hi
i order together with some one else 1000 eggs
what i have left i can sel to a petshop because here they not sell them in stores.
i already breed round 1000 grashoppers a week and i also sel that left over to petstore.
dont be worrie about the caterpilar
its safe they sel them in a reptile store as food.
and some one i know gave them to there beardies with no problem .
they told me for 1000 i need 3 kilo of food.
i wil order the 25 kilo dry .
thx for info you understand grashoppers is easy for me this is first time i try the worms but i think its interesting because in the netherlands whe dont have them in stores

if you have handy tips please them them so i dont have to make the faults mijzelf
thx thx thx
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Takes a little practice.

I'd separate the eggs into a few containers. That way if you have a die off you won't lose them all. Otherwise, just make sure everything that touches them or their food is very clean, including your hands.

Otherwise don't keep them covered too long or you'll get mold.