Rainbow has silkworms
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Yeah I am curbing back from silks. I have some eggs in the fridge right now. So I may try hatching out 10 at a time to include them here and there but I do not want him to go back off dubia on me again lol
Yeah I am feeding BSFL, Dubia, superworms, Blue bottle flies, and Black soldier Flies as my staples. Then I give him 2 hornworms a week but I go to my local pet shop to get those.
I did not realize you were going bio active as well.
JoXie411
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Oo yea I want to take the Hustle over cleaning all the time. I feel like it would make the babies happier. I was thinking about blue bottle flies but wasn’t sure if I wanted another flyer in my life
Yeah I am using the gum container method that JacksJill recommended. I put both the Spikes and BSFL in it once they have pupated. Leave the little door part on the side of it open and they just fly out as they hatch. It is working really well for me because the Black soldier flies creep me out lol.
JoXie411
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I don’t mind the soldier flies like I mind the normal house ones. I usually throw the pupated ones in a potted plant then they just hatch in the cage
Yeah I am a control freak so I need the gum container lol
JoXie411
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No makes sense I forgot about the flies one day and I opened the cage and at least 3 came for my face. Larry wasn’t on my head to protect me
JIFFYPOP
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Beman's eating better than me most days, lol. Can't wait till my lil guy isn't so fussy about his feeders
CamoChameleonsHuman
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I got silk babies hatching for the first time yesterday and today. I will say next time I'll probably just buy some
JoXie411
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It’s hard huh. Silks have been the hardest for me
I honestly blame myself for not introducing more earlier on. All he ever had prior to me was crickets. I got him at about 4 months old. So that was what I fed. When he was almost 6 months old I tried introducing other feeders but I was still feeding crickets. He went for what he knew and left the dubia and superworms but did eat the bsfl. When he hit about 7 and a half months old he went on a weird food strike. he would only eat the bsfl and went off everything else. This is when I brought in Silkworms. He would only eat those and BSFL. But he was barely gaining weight. Then I decided when he was 9 months to put my foot down and only offer dubia for a week everyday... He finally figured out that they were food and started taking them. Now finally at 10 and a half months I have him on a good variety of feeders and he eats every single one that I put in there and is finally gaining weight.
JIFFYPOP
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Sweet, thanks soo much. And thanks for the detail, majpr helpful. Cletus is just over 4 months, and still will only eat crickets. Still won't touch a superworm
So here are good options for feeders. I thought in canada you were able to get certain roaches. No?
Yeah I think it is because it is what they know. I bet he would go for BSFL. Superworms only make up about 10-20 percent of what I feed Beman since they are not overly nutritional. The bulk of his feeders are dubia and bsfl. He gets 1-3 of the two different flies each day as they hatch out.
I don't think there is anything wrong with crickets as feeders they just gross me out lol.
