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Ok well i lost all of my mealworms that i had in the fridge which boggles my mind cause i've done it before with NO trouble but anyways........

How do you put potatoes, carrots etc into the mealworm container without the bedding becoming moldy??? I leave the thing in overnight and by morning the bedding around the potatoe is all icky (for lack of a better word LOL). I've tried to put them onto a lid of a small jar but the worms just didn't figure out it was there.....

So how does everyone else do this? The temp in the room is nice and toasty, could it be to warm? Personally i hate being cold so i've cranked the heat

Thanks a million
Red
P.S. I've got the veggies on a lid for my beetles and they've figured it out great LOL
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LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)

Well, when I was using straight "Gut Load" from ESU I never had that problem. Of course I get that stuff dirt cheap because I work at the store. On my new superworms I got the standard bran and junk I was told to make bedding with and I'm having the same issue. It's like have oatmeal on top and flakes on the bottom, and it stinks to high heaven.

I'm using carrot slices for moisture.

Jeff

iv always just used cricket gutload. it has more vitamins the just patatos adn carrots. some ppl dont agree with my methods of feeding and what not but like i said that just what i do. its the easist way. all i do is take the substrate out of the containor and put the gut load into it. it acts as the substrait and also gutloads them.
hope that helps
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-sunshine&chaos
1.1 leopard geckos-killer&sallean
1 blizzerd lizzard-grim
0.2.0 amazon tree boas-sweetness&?
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-?
0.1.0 bearded dragon-?
1.0.0 uromastyx-chubby
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

i still never had a problem like that. i donno mayb im just lucky.lol
nevin
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-sunshine&chaos
1.1 leopard geckos-killer&sallean
1 blizzerd lizzard-grim
0.2.0 amazon tree boas-sweetness&?
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-?
0.1.0 bearded dragon-?
1.0.0 uromastyx-chubby
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

No, there really is something about the gutload. It doesn't soak up water. I guess because baby food is made to be mixed with moisture it just soaks it up until its gross. The Gutload doesn't do that, and I think I'm just going to switch back to using Gutload and Miner-All. Not much help for Red, but I think its easier too.

Jeff

was it the stuff that looks like dry oatmeal?
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-sunshine&chaos
1.1 leopard geckos-killer&sallean
1 blizzerd lizzard-grim
0.2.0 amazon tree boas-sweetness&?
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-?
0.1.0 bearded dragon-?
1.0.0 uromastyx-chubby
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

Yes, it is made by ESU, or the trade name Coral Life. It comes in a black box with green lizards and stuff on it.

Jeff

I think it has like bits of corn and other junk.

with a tan wrapping and a big pic of a cricket on the front. i dont know if it was made by esu
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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-sunshine&chaos
1.1 leopard geckos-killer&sallean
1 blizzerd lizzard-grim
0.2.0 amazon tree boas-sweetness&?
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-?
0.1.0 bearded dragon-?
1.0.0 uromastyx-chubby
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

Almost identical stuff, but that is Flukers version of the Gutload.

Jeff

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1.1 brazilian rainbow baos-sunshine&chaos
1.1 leopard geckos-killer&sallean
1 blizzerd lizzard-grim
0.2.0 amazon tree boas-sweetness&?
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa-?
0.1.0 bearded dragon-?
1.0.0 uromastyx-chubby
2.0 brothers
0.2 sisters
3 cats-fat max, spiderman, &toby
1 miniture mutt-brutis

"dont be afraid to die, only be afraid to not live"

"dont ever get drunk with a hoodie on, eventually ur ganna think someone is behind you"

I keep my mealworms in a box's worth of Wheat Bran - the kind that comes in a box for about $1.70 at the grocery store. I keep them in a huge tub, where they end up pupating and breeding. They eat the potatoes and carrots. But I've never seen any mold, although I had expected them to at first!

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