Literally OVERNIGHT, after putting in some squash, i found A LOT of mold.
I use a mix of wheat bran and rolled oats as their bedding.
I put in mostly carrots, but sometimes squash. I was out of carrots, so I decide to toss in some squash.
And usually, I dont find any mold. Maybe, if I let it unattended for 4-5 days I will find a bit of mold, but never THIS much, and literally overnight.
So I immediately replaced them with some fresh wheat bran and rolled oats, but I was wondering if they are safe for my beardie to eat right now? Or should I wait a few days so the superworms run its course and let out mold they might have eaten?
It was very odd, as I said, I usually never find mold when I put squash and/or carrots. I feed them twice a week. but it was so fast and SO much. Most likely the squash was bad. But the squash wasnt that old. It had been in my fridge on a ziplock bad for less than a week.
I'm finding little tiny pieces of rolled oats or wheat bran with a tiiiiny bit of mold here and there on their bedding, which im doing my best to pick it out. But it's safe if theres like a super tiny amount of mold on a few flakes of wheat bran and/or rolled oats?
The tupperware that they are in have many big holes for ventilation, but im gonna leave them uncovered. The 2 tupperwares are in a bin as well, uncovered. sometimes the worms jump! they have made a few escapes sometimes from their tupperware, the tupperware has many small holes and one big hole in the center, but a few have actually managed to escape. So I bought a bin to put the tupperwares in, in case they do escape lol. I'v caught a few from time to time roaming around the bin, after escaping their tupperware.
Thanks for the reply!
And sorry for my english :lol:
EDIT: forgot to say, my room is very ventilated almost always. I keep my windows open, door and with a fan. Here in southern california it gets nice and cool in the evening and at night.
I think another thing that went wrong was that I put in WAY too much squash. I have about 250 worms in two tupperwares, but even that, I put in way too much. So this time I just put in a few pieces of carrot. See how that gets in the morning.
Also, could the CHE (ceramic heat emitter) play a part too? At nights my room can get below 65F so I tend to turn on the CHE a bit.