Hey people,
I feed my leos silkworms sinse they love em. I was just wondering how i can bulk the silkworms up really quick, thy have a cube of that silkworm chow stuff but that doesnt last too long, i was just wondering if they eat anything else?
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Silkworms
Herp-Keeper
Jun 18, 2005 07:51 PM
Replies (3)
Melinda666
Jun 18, 2005 08:25 PM
Prowl your neighborhood for a neighbor that has Mulberry trees. Offer to trim the trees for them for free. Luckily, I have 2 Mulberry trees and every day when I put fresh leaves in, the silkworms are much larger.
hill4803
Jun 19, 2005 08:30 AM
There are several internet companies that supply silkworms; silkwormwholesale.com, silkwormfarm.com, mulberryfarms.com and some others, check the classifieds on this site under food/feeders. Silkworms only eat the chow or mulberry leaves, specifically white mullberry, they MAY also eat some of the other mulberry (red).
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marla
Jun 20, 2005 06:10 PM
good choice- they are really nutritious. 
silkworms grow faster at their later instars (once their head gets large and white), and slowest at first. to speed things up a little bit, you can keep them at higher temperatures (~80 F), and make sure they stay dry.
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