Encolsure for silk worms

[SS4Luck]

Well i plan on trying my hand at breeding/storing large amounts of silkwroms because of Reptars love for them. So far he has taken 3 or 4 everyday along with 6-8 crix. Can silkies live in a small cricket keeper? Thats what i have the few i have in now cuz i accidently mushed the cup they came in. Are there any special setups they need? I know i can leave them in the cup if i order them, which i will pry do till he is eating full size ones, but ones hes out of his small cage im going to wanna get another baby cham so i figure ill go through alot of worms..

Silky breeders/keeper, what are you using?!

 

[ColorCham427]

You can easily glue down their eggs in a small plastic tuppaware container and raise them up from that. I don't see any point using petri dishes, I don't use them anymore. Just make sure that the amount of eggs is decent for the size of the container. 6 inches wide 6 inches long is good for 250 eggs.

Any tuppaware container will do. Chinese containers are good for like 100 smalls and once they hit the 1.5" mark move em into a bigger container.

Try not to handle them all too much. Give them a small amount of food in each corner. Or where ever theyre chillen at.

Wait 6 hours. Make sure the chow that you put in has dried out before putting more in.

Don't worry about their frass (poop) and don't worry about their silk.

Just worry about their chow and the space you provide them.

If they're over crowded bad things can happen. Like little ones getting beat from the food. Silkies getting stuck in silk+frass knots and not being able to molt or even get to the fresh wet food.

Don't ever put in fresh chow if the chow that's already in their has the slightest moisture to it.

They're only worth breeding if u have massive amounts of mulberry leaves.

Otherwise, order a crapload of eggs. I could even sell you a small amount of eggs. 250 zebra eggs for a tiny 5 dollar plus 5 dollar shipping. lol.

You can keep them in the container with the lid on. Poke a few tiny holes with the tip of a steak knife. Bigger holes than a thumbtack would make though..

 

[SS4Luck]

alrie thanks.

I told my friend about what you PMed me with btw, he is thinking about it

 

[boneseast]

Just wondering what temp do you keep the eggs/hatched worms?