whats the best food to thicken up my cham?

[backwood fred]

like the title says

 

[jamncristian]

silkworms and phoenix worms are good for for building muscle and repairing cells

waxworms, butter worms, and superworms are good for building up fat

why do you want to thicken up your cham??

 

[Monkeykungphu]

Don't forget to provide great gutload in whatever feeder you give to your cham.

 

[backwood fred]

because he has been very skinny ever sice i bought him

 

[backwood fred]

what gutload can i use for worms, will cricket crack work or no?

 

[jamncristian]

you can gutload superworms easily with cricket crack

silkworms only eat silkworm chow or mulberry leaves

waxworms eat special cultures

butterworms cannot be gutloaded

phoenix worms should only be
fed if you have a special container for them
such as th BIO-POD

 

[backwood fred]

what is the bio-pod

 

[jamncristian]

it is a composter like a worm bin for phoenix worms

phoenix worms are the larvea of the black soldier fly.
They eat food scraps or anything edible. The reason you need
a special container like the biopod is because phoenix worms
create alot of liquid called "tea" when digesting and that liquid if it
over flows will kill your colony. Also when the phoenix worm is ready to
pupatte into a moth it will try to leave the colony and try to find a nice dry area
to do so. The bio-pod covers everything necessary to succesfuly culture these
grubs but it is pretty expensive so here is a link on how to make your own culture system
http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bucket-composter-version-2-1/

 

[Syn]

Bigger does not always mean healthier. Pay careful attention to his bones as well as looking for tell-tale signs of other health issues.

Growing too fast isn't always good.