randommonks
Sub-Adult Member
I was just at my local Petco to pick up some Superworms for Darwin (Happy Birthday Darwin!) until the weather warms up so that I could get them shipped to me. When I got there, a manager was labeling all the supers and mealworms from Timberline with discounted stickers. I opened one of the large supers containers (marked arrival date 2/8) and it stunk to high heaven and the supers were dead and already black on top. I didn't even bother to see if there were any live ones left on the bottom.
The manager told me that they had gotten an email from Timberline saying that they were having issues with their crickets, mealworms, and superworms. Apparently, the supers and mealies will sit on the shelf for about a week before everything in the container will die off. The container I opened was 4 days old (possibly up to a week depending on how they were shipped) and it almost seemed as if Timberline sent dead and rotting bugs out to the stores. Petco apparently were also having issues with keeping their adult crickets alive from Timberline (I presume from the cricket virus).
I'd warn other people to stay away from Timberline products for the time being, especially with the 3 feeders above. The manager wasn't too sure what the cause of the mass die-offs was, but I'd rather risk winter-esque shipping rather than feed contaminated bugs.
The manager told me that they had gotten an email from Timberline saying that they were having issues with their crickets, mealworms, and superworms. Apparently, the supers and mealies will sit on the shelf for about a week before everything in the container will die off. The container I opened was 4 days old (possibly up to a week depending on how they were shipped) and it almost seemed as if Timberline sent dead and rotting bugs out to the stores. Petco apparently were also having issues with keeping their adult crickets alive from Timberline (I presume from the cricket virus).
I'd warn other people to stay away from Timberline products for the time being, especially with the 3 feeders above. The manager wasn't too sure what the cause of the mass die-offs was, but I'd rather risk winter-esque shipping rather than feed contaminated bugs.