BeardieSmaug
Hatchling Member
This is my first time getting silk worms, I got 15.
Are silk worms naturally very slow? I think they are the slowest worms iv ever seen. Not even horn worms are this slow, and of course superworms being fast.
But sometimes I see some that are not moving at all, then I poke them and they start moving again. I take a closer look and they sometimes dont appear to be moving their mouths when they eat, but are still facing down on their chow and moving. But sometimes one would be upright, not moving at all, but upright. And as i said, when i poke them (very softly) or move them they start moving again. Horn worms are almost 99% eating non stop, and these are eating most of the time, but some of them are away from the food. I got them 3 days ago, they are still relatively small, so im letting them grow for a week or so. None of them have died, so thats good, means temps are fine and their chow is fine. Which bring me to my next topic:
They came with their silk chow already mixed and in there for them to eat, but they also gave me for free some silk chow to make. The powder. So I followed the instructions to making it, 1 part chow 2 parts hot water, microwave until solid, then refrigerate. The show is semi-wet, but not too wet that its paste, but solid enough to make a ball like play doh. so I laid their chow kind of as their substrate . So just wondering if im doing this right.
Some are growing fast, some slower. The bigger ones turning more white, and smaller ones a bit darker in color. Does this all seem right?
Thanks!
Are silk worms naturally very slow? I think they are the slowest worms iv ever seen. Not even horn worms are this slow, and of course superworms being fast.
But sometimes I see some that are not moving at all, then I poke them and they start moving again. I take a closer look and they sometimes dont appear to be moving their mouths when they eat, but are still facing down on their chow and moving. But sometimes one would be upright, not moving at all, but upright. And as i said, when i poke them (very softly) or move them they start moving again. Horn worms are almost 99% eating non stop, and these are eating most of the time, but some of them are away from the food. I got them 3 days ago, they are still relatively small, so im letting them grow for a week or so. None of them have died, so thats good, means temps are fine and their chow is fine. Which bring me to my next topic:
They came with their silk chow already mixed and in there for them to eat, but they also gave me for free some silk chow to make. The powder. So I followed the instructions to making it, 1 part chow 2 parts hot water, microwave until solid, then refrigerate. The show is semi-wet, but not too wet that its paste, but solid enough to make a ball like play doh. so I laid their chow kind of as their substrate . So just wondering if im doing this right.
Some are growing fast, some slower. The bigger ones turning more white, and smaller ones a bit darker in color. Does this all seem right?
Thanks!