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    Dragon laid 18 eggs and all collapsed!?!

    After she laid the eggs, they were moved to containers with the right amount of humidity and temp. Research that I have done online seems to suggest that the first clutch is infertile. I have also read that some female release eggs without mating up to 9 times a year! Crazy! I have been watching...
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    Dragon laid 18 eggs and all collapsed!?!

    Hi everyone! So my female dragon laid 18 beauitful eggs and they all collapsed with a two hour time period. I bred her with my male so I expected a clutch. She laid on top of plain sand in her egg laying bin, rather than the nice moist egg laying soil, organic dirt combo. I waited until she was...
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    Hornworms o_O

    I went to a reptile show in Indianapolis last year and bought feeders from a woman who used to work for a silkworm farm (not going to name). She explained that silkworms are so difficult to breed and keep due to bacteria. She explained that you had to handle with gloves and keep everything...
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    Worm Breeding Sucess!!

    Breeding supers is really simple but can cause a lot of impatience. Most insects take forever to morph, grow, breed, ect....except the hornworm. I followed a guide from hancocksbeardeddragons.com They cover a step by step guide to breeding supers. Morphing took my supers around 2.5-3 weeks...
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    Hornworms o_O

    Yeah, if the juices from the guts dry, it turns black in color. Wierd from green to black but human blood changes color, too. I LOVE hornworms and so do my pets. I enjoy rearing them (aka raising and breeding). 18 for $21 is pricey for a local pickup. I get mine 25-30 count for $10.95 plus...
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    Super worm question

    I would order 250-500. From my experience, supers only morph if they are seperated. I ordered 1000 and it lasted me 3 months between two adult dragons. My male will eat about 15 a day. My female will eat until she busts so I keep her at 15-20. A superworm colony is low maintence but the babies...
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    Worms?

    Hornworms, Superworms, Waxworms, Mealworms, Pheonix Worms. Rob at Great Lakes Hornworm is awesome! Hornworms are a favorite and they are super cool. Here is his website. http://www.greatlakeshornworm.com If you order, please tell him Jennifer at Karma Dragons referred you! P.S. Do not ever feed...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Ok. So, I think my female dragon, Anya is preggers..aka pregnant. I aquired her as a runt from a very great breeder. She was 6 inches at 6.5 weeks old. She is now close to a year and at 15 inches. She is small but long. Her new tummy is 7.5 inches around. It has come across pretty fast. She was...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    I didn't even think of that. I haven't put lineseed oil in my hornworms diet and have raise a good 75-100 worms to adult size without any problems. My pupa stage before was a failure but I found a little more info on a science website I found. Hornworms are pretty simple once you figure out what...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    So, I did some research on the linseed oil and some other things about breeding the moths. This time round has went better than the last by far. The worm were purchased at half an inch and grew to 4-4.5 inches quicker than normal. The pupa stage is also going quicker and they pupas look so much...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Wow. I read over and over that it was furniture polish. I guess boiled and other ingredients would be the difference between the two. Wonder where I could get linseed oil and what the nutrients are. My ingredient levels are 90% the same and conatin all the needed nutrients. Hopefully everything...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Thanks for the advice. I did some exstensive research on top of my months of research and found a science labs website where they experiment with hornwoms. They discussed the humidity and I think that is where I went wrong. I have perfected the hornworm artificial diet where it contains no...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Really. I had the three hatch and the rest I believe are dead. Either they are black or not moving at all now. A few of them had soft chrysilis' so I thought they were getting ready to break out. But with no movement when they are touched I knew they had to be dead. I decided to carefully break...
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Thanks so much for the advice. I did some research and found that I was missing something for them to climb on so they can dry and spread their wings like you said. I checked the cases again and some are still alive but not twitching or thrashing the bottom of the casing. I did sex them and I...
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    Tomato horn worms??

    greatlakeshornworm.com
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    How to raise hornworms successfully?

    Hey guys! I need a little help. I raised some hornworms to the pupa stage great. Most made it to the cacoon stage but two morphed into half pupa and half cacoon and died. So far out of 12 cacoons, three have turned into moths but had a hard time getting out of thier shell like cacoons and had...
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    Hornworms toxic if fed tomato plants?

    yeah, i considered buying the powder but wanted to find a food for the hornwoms that i can raise myself. hmm i guess i need more research. Thanks guys!
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    Hornworms toxic if fed tomato plants?

    I had no clue. So other than a tomato, what can a hornworm consume to obtain health at a low price and be safe for my dragons? Thanks for the reply. I really want to raise my own feeders and food so anything helps!
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    Hornworms toxic if fed tomato plants?

    I am trying to raise hornworms and know thier diet but I came to a website that said that hornworms are toxic to reptiles of they eat tomato plants?!? I am growing organic tomato plants inside my home to insure they are insect and pesticide free. Would this be safe or is there something in the...
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    Redworms or earthworms?

    I was just curious. Never heard of it but it just was a thought. I didn't know they had a lot of parasites. I don't know the nutrition either. I wouldn't risk it with out knowing it was a good, safe and healthy feeder. I have been exploring different feeder worms so I just wanted to see if...
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