Breeding Meal Worms
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GregH
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- Joined: 17 Feb 2009, 08:20
- Location: Brisbane
- Location: Chapel Hill, Brisbane Qld
I hope I'm not encourageing out-laws but the gliders are the cutest thing. When the birds have gone to bed I wheel out the gliders into the TV room and let them run around and play. Unfortunately they can't be house trained but luckily I've got sugar-gliders and not greater gliders - in that respect maybe feather-tailed gliders would be even better.
Anyway I cleaned out the superworms from their disgusting mush and found about 1/4 of them dead. They are now in a 40X25X14cm plastic tub with a fly-wire lid. The media is flour-moth and weevil infested finch mix with chicken starter mixed through. This time I'll go easier on the bananna skins to avoid the toxic mush I created. Nearly all my meal worms have pupated and some are now emerging so I'd better get cracking on making my colony. I could store them in the refrigerator but that would only work until my wife found them!
Anyway I cleaned out the superworms from their disgusting mush and found about 1/4 of them dead. They are now in a 40X25X14cm plastic tub with a fly-wire lid. The media is flour-moth and weevil infested finch mix with chicken starter mixed through. This time I'll go easier on the bananna skins to avoid the toxic mush I created. Nearly all my meal worms have pupated and some are now emerging so I'd better get cracking on making my colony. I could store them in the refrigerator but that would only work until my wife found them!
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finchbreeder
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- Joined: 27 Jun 2009, 20:00
- Location: Midwest of West. Aust. Coast
- Location: Midwest of West.Aust.Coast
Weevil infested finch mix makes a great source of live food for the finches. 
Orange breasteds in particular will raise chicks with no other source of live food.
LML
Orange breasteds in particular will raise chicks with no other source of live food.
LML
LML