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i have bread meal worms by the milions!!!!(another way of saving money BDlvr) my problem now is seperating them from the bedding. i am using a basic oats and grains mixed with cricket food. i have all of the worms in a 20 long with about 3-4 inches of bedding with them. it is very hard to dig and pick them out. any secrets to seperating them to clean the bedding and cut time out of feeding.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

1.0.0 Egyptian Uromastyx (Dino)
2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
0.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Layla, Nubbs, Iggy)
0.2.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Penelope, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)

I keep my meal worm colony in wheat bran, tropical fish food & ground flax. With this mixture, it's easy to use a small wire mesh colander to separate the mealies from the substrate. Not sure that will work as well w/ your oat mixture, but you can try it.
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Robins Critters
1.0 Corn snake Jack Skellington
1.0 Hog Island Boas Harley
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa Kenya
1.0 Tricolor Hognose Yoshi
0.2 Leopard Geckos Tang & Roxy
1.2 Crested Geckos Fox Mulder, Zoe & Peek
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo
1.1 Eastern Box Turtles Squirtle & Yurtle
1.1 Pacman Frogs CamoFrog & Buffy the Cricket Slayer
1.0 Southern Toad L.T.-Little Toad
0.2 Tiger Salamanders Tiger & Sally
1.1 Mossy Frogs Kermit & Kate Mossy
1.1 Firebelly Newts Wayne Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

well i will def. change my bedding to what you use, because mine is to big to do that. i will still atempt sifting it tho. thanks for your help.
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Jeff Kearney
Orlando, FL

1.0.0 Egyptian Uromastyx (Dino)
2.7.0 Bearded Dragons (Too many to name)
1.0.0 Mali Uromastyx (Rex)
2.2.0 Ball Python (Ali, Gator, Para, Medic)
0.1.1 Leopard Gecko (Layla, Nubbs, Iggy)
0.2.0 Fat-Tailed Gecko (Penelope, Brownie)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Not sure yet)
0.0.2 Blue Phase Dumpys Tree Frog (Sticky, Squishy)