sageyurisic
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I just recently received my black soldier fly larvae in the mail and they are not moving ?? my cham just looks at them rlly has no interest in eating them. not sure what to do.
Black Soldier Fly Larvae ???
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nightanole
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If they are cold they will not move. And they dont get really wiggly till its time to pupate and they go on "the great journey" out of the compost heap. Most provide a ramp for them to journey on, then they fall off the ramp and the chickens eat them...
Are they black and hard?
sageyurisic
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sageyurisic
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i have them just sitting in my room. they shldnt be cold. idk how to feed them if they arnt moving and she isnt interested in things that arnt moving.
So the black ones are pupating into flies. Make sure you have a lid on it. is the substrate really dry? I mist a bit of moisture into mine. I also put them in a window sill to warm up or in my heated tank. My boy loves them but I hand feed them so they move a bit when I hold them.
sageyurisic
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that cld honestly be why,, bc they did arrive when the weather here as been around 90
sageyurisic
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the substrate is dry. im going to mist it a little and see what happens. i think they honestly might have been doa which sucks bc there is 500 of them.
They should be moving a little bit at least.. If they are literally not moving at all then they died.
Persnickety Parson's
Chameleon Enthusiast
They should be wriggling I'm also thinking they suffered during shipping.
They are my absolute favorite feeder, so try again
They are my absolute favorite feeder, so try again
sageyurisic
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where do you order yours from ?
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
This happened with my first order of BSFL (My beardie won't eat anything that isn't live & wriggling either). You may have just gotten a "stale" batch like I did. I would contact the vendor and explain the whole situation. That's what I did, and they replaced the order.
Symton® Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Until recently, BSFL was all they did).
sageyurisic
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thankyou so much thats the exact brand i ordered but i ordered them through amazon. i will be trying to contact them to see if they can do anything. if not im just gonna grab some more
sageyurisic
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ye my cham seemed a little interested but bc they werent moving she cld care less lol when i put her crickets in her feeder cup she eats them up soooo fast its crazy lol
