My mealworms (zophobas) keep on dying and I can't figure out why. They are in a large container filled with about 2 inches of oatmeal and I give them potatoes for water. Any help would be gretly appreciated. Thanks.
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dying mealworms
gyke
Jun 08, 2003 05:29 PM
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Sonya
Jun 08, 2003 08:18 PM
>>My mealworms (zophobas) keep on dying and I can't figure out why. They are in a large container filled with about 2 inches of oatmeal and I give them potatoes for water. Any help would be gretly appreciated. Thanks.
What are your temps? And maybe throw in some cheerios or other cereal too.
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Sonya
shannons
Jun 08, 2003 10:09 PM
die in the worm stage unless you force them to pupate. (do a search on the forum) That might be your problem - left to their own devices, so to speak, the worms will eventually just die off.
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Sonya
Jun 09, 2003 09:03 AM
Yeah, I didn't think of that. I don't have Zophobas much. I tried them thinking their size was good for my Pyxie frogs and Sugar Glider. Well, the pyxies eat them fine but the Sugar Glider raised a holy fit and crabbed at me all night. I don't know what she was thinking, or if she got bitten or what. But she did NOT like them.
To get rid of them before they died I fed them to my rats...who btw LOVED them.
So I just stick to lobster and hisser roaches, crix, waxies and medium mealies.
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