LETS SEE YOUR FEEDER COLONY/SETUPS!

[Cowabunga]

The title says it all!

What are you guys' setups, advice, tips and tricks you have learned because of the pros and cons of what you chose to produce, whether it be crickets, worms, roaches or other? How many reptiles are you feeding, how much did you start off with and how long did it take you to get to where you are now? If you could have done something different what would it be and if there is one big tidbit of info you wish you would have known prior to make things easier, what's the scoop? Also for those of you who are just beginning feel free to post as well because it would give an awesome chance for an update a few months down the road to see just how far you have come!

 

[ShannyBeard]

Well, I'm a week into my silkworm egg hatching project and I have little bitty live silkworms that are just a few days old and still in the incubator!

We ordered chow mix and 200 eggs from www.mulberryfarms.com

Assembled our new HovaBator (cost about $50)

Here's what the thermostat looks like - you can turn the screw to increase or decrease the heat

Monitor the temps through a window

Here they are in the petri dish just starting to hatch!

We cooked them some chow, put it in the fridge until it hardened up, and placed chow strips in the petri dish

And here they were last night covering the chow and growing bigger!

The first week is the most difficult for them as they are very fragile, so we have a long way to go in carefully raising these little guys, but at $9.95 for 200 eggs versus $13 for 20 3/4" worms at our local store, we were willing to give it a shot!

Fingers are crossed!

 

[jodyberry]

Here's a video from a while ago. I have more dubias now, but the setup is pretty much the same.

Ask if you have any questions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YiYykhNHuw

 

[Cowabunga]

Nice setups guys! I have been contemplating worms as well for in the future and I'll be interested to see how it all turns out!

 

[ShannyBeard]

Interesting. I wish dubia were legal in Florida. I will have to content myself with the silkworms!