repti-worm questions

[MrWhite]

I bought 500 medium reptiworms, most of them were black when I got them but they were still moving. I've had them a couple of weeks and now they are not moving and my babies will not touch them. Are they dead? Should I throw them away? Should I expect a huge hatching of soldier flys?

I wouldn't really care except my red baby seems to have lost her taste for crickets but will eat moving reptiworms. My yellow baby loves crickets and will not touch reptiworms :roll:

thanks,
Larry

 

[MissT]

Might sound off but try dropping them in water and when you take them out they *might* move- worked for me a few times.
If they were the large size you ordered, there is a good chance of flies.

 

[MrWhite]

Might sound off but try dropping them in water and when you take them out they *might* move- worked for me a few times.
If they were the large size you ordered, there is a good chance of flies.

yeah, I did the water trick this morning, a couple of them started to move but most didn't. I definitely ordered medium, the plastic tub said 500 medium, but they sure looked large to me. I guess I could start feeding the red baby some of my dubia and see how she likes them. I don't think my colony is quite ready yet to start feeding out of but it's close.

 

[MissT]

How long has your colony been going?
BTW, do red and yellow babies have names yet :wink:

 

[MrWhite]

How long has your colony been going?
BTW, do red and yellow babies have names yet :wink:

The colony has been going for about 2 months now, maybe a bit more. I've been kind of slacking off with them and with the cooler weather I think their production has dropped off a bit.

ummm, Agnus and Gertrude :wink: no I really haven't come up with names for them, my son want to call the red one "Ruby" and the yellow one "Amber" ... I don't know :roll:

 

[MissT]

Mine have been going just over 2 months and I'm feeding off them :? I don't have any large nymphs right now but have left about 200 Smalls in my breeder bin to grow and have about 800 in my feeder bin right now. I know if I had a baby that wouldn't last long though... The joys of only having adults, and of course I'm getting a baby next week so no doubt il have to stop using so many dubia!!!!!

LOL! Great name ideas. I'm sure they will just come to you at some point