Moister in Silkworm Pods

[John33871]

what should i do, i dont want mold to start coming. i already cleaned it out. should i buy a new container to put them in and buy some food for them? any advice?

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

what should i do, i dont want mold to start coming. i already cleaned it out. should i buy a new container to put them in and buy some food for them? any advice?

I'd take them out of that moisture. Mold will kill them all very quickly. Do you have access to any silkworm chow? I'd just put some cut up cubes into a Rubbermaid container and leave the lid off. They will pretty much all stay on the chow.

 

[Will Hayward]

Raise the cups off a flat surface. Either put them on screen, or on top of two support beams.

 

[John33871]

will that take care of the moister? i dont have any silkworm chow. also are they still safe to feed to my chameleon or should i get rid of them?

 

[John33871]

well i lost over half of my silkworms, im not sure im going to keep them. some are discolored. what do yall think?

 

[Electric]

i had the same thing happen to me a week or so ago, it was pretty intensely hot and humid one day and since then alot of them are dying and the survivors are all a gross yellowish tint rather than the clean white color they should be. I had about 4 of them that were still nice and white so I seperated them from the others to feed. I don't know if the bad looking ones are okay to feed, I'm not feeding them until they get healthy again (turn white again) , and if they don't , well then down the toilet they go

 

[John33871]

well im probley going to have to throw them out. i have no food for them. how long can they live without food? could i order some and refrigerate them until the food arrives?

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

well im probley going to have to throw them out. i have no food for them. how long can they live without food? could i order some and refrigerate them until the food arrives?

How many silkies do you actually have? They should have told you to get the chow for them when you bought them...

 

[John33871]

well i bought a pod with chow with it already. i dont want to feed them that because it could be comtaminated from the mold. i dont want to risk my chameleon getting sick. im just going to throw them out just to be safe.

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

well i bought a pod with chow with it already. i dont want to feed them that because it could be comtaminated from the mold. i dont want to risk my chameleon getting sick. im just going to throw them out just to be safe.

I'd throw them into your cage and let your reptile have a feast. They are probably still good to feed off. Silkies can live for a little bit without food.