Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Anyone breed them? They go down a storm with softbills. I've honestly no idea what a finch would make of them. Anyway, I want them for bait and I understand they take for ever to actually start reproducing. (Go on fine, once they start though) So, I bought 500g of them to see what I could do. F**king things are like pets to me now! First thing every morning, I have my cuppa. Read the fora. Then, it's on with my paper mask and time to sort my mealworms out. I have two food containers full of worms and, every morning, I sort through their bran and take out all the pupae. These I put into a tiny food container where, I sincerely hope, they'll one day hatch out as beetles. Then I have another box that they can go into, start f**king and laying eggs. It's all long haul shit though. Especially as the temperature in here only hovers around the 70 F mark. Bit warmer would be better for them. Anyway, there we are. Anyone else into them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taz2010 1,297 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 pete I bet no one else does that with the smelly shits easier buying them peanuts for a tub full bye me and the finches love them bullys and goldies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,579 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have a tray that i chuck all my meal worms into when i buy a kilo of mixers and i'll let some turn into beetles and it sorts of ticks over but i could do it better and use mesh so the little ones fall through and are easier to seperate.I just collect the sort of sizes i want when i want them and if i get to many big ones then the bob quail i have have them,one thing i do though pete is feed them on the cheapest porrige oats the cheap shop can offer and they do ok on that.I chuck in a hand full of spud pealings and any old lettue leaves and i also have some torn up egg boxes forthe eggs to be laid in amoungst.Lot of work though and i'm far from self sufficence with them but plenty of helpfull films on you tube about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 ..... plenty of helpful films on you tube about it. Yeah. I've watched shit loads of them. Great, aren't they? The only one that's got me concerned though is the one where some chick, in USA, mentions bot only the putting the pupae in a smaller box of their own. But, also the humidity they require. Nobody else touches on this point. But, then; Look how many are keeping their worms in 75F+ rooms full of f**king fish tanks! How humid does it get? I have this ever growing box of ever more tanned coloured pupae. I Know it takes time. But, that bitch with the gallons of beetles?! Where's the justice?! Maybe I should stop talking like this and humbly approach her for advice on pupae humidity? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Taz; Were you as pissed, typing that, as I am, typing this? Only, I swear to god, mate; I can't make head nor tail of it! Sorry! Smelly? Since when were mealworms smelly? (If that's what ye saying) Admittedly, I Have learned to wear a face mask now, when I turn their bran over. Half the (experienced) people on You Tube mention " Allergic, Respiratory Reactions " ? I poo pooed this. Till I realised I'd been wondering where this mild sore throat had come from ....! Yep. It corresponded Not with years of smoking, or living with a 'real' fire. It has kicked off since I started spending my time leaning over a box of bloody mealworms! No smell what so ever. But, the microscopic particles of excreted bran dust Does seem to f**k with us Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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