I want to gutload my feeders but dont have any cereal or granola or anything worth while but i do have mouse feed or bird feed would they eat that i bought some of that gut load stuff they sell at petco but even the bugs wont touch it. lol. please let me know thanks.
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gut loading mealies with mouse feed. ??
sg1trogdor
Dec 02, 2007 07:15 PM
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geckogrl6
Dec 02, 2007 08:14 PM
mealies should be gut loaded with fresh veggies, not processed grains. Cheap and easy are carrots, and they tend to keep longer than most other veggies.
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mootish
Dec 02, 2007 09:23 PM
Mouse and Bird feed are not ment for mealie worms.
butt you can use corn meal or wheat bran or wheat meal ( not sure but i belive you can use chicken feed too ) for your mealie worms.
but this is just there eating substrate you keep them in ,
as gecko girl said veggies are there water sorce and they love them ..
carrots are great and cheap but you can use potatos and other veggies too .
hope this helps
Christina
casichelydia
Dec 03, 2007 12:44 AM
Chicken laying mash, available at any feedstore, is hands down the best thing on which to keep mealworms. This stuff costs $5-10 for a 50lb bag and will put much necessary calcium and other nutriment into your feeders.
Carrots are your best bet for a water source, for unlike many other veggies and potatoes, they don't tend to mold.
WiscWally
Dec 03, 2007 08:27 PM
Great reply. I agree with chicken lay mash as being the best. I use this for crickets but keep my mealworms on egg crate. I then feed both crickets and mealworms carrots and potatos as a water source.
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