How to care for silk worms?

Sancho

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I'm buying 100 from a member on here and wanted to know how to take care of them until feeding time for the chams. fridge? left out?
 
mulberryfarms.com has alot of information too. ive bought them in 100s before and with it i bought pre-mixed chow. i bought a tiny container from target, for a buck, its 1 foot by 1/2 foot. i poked a ton of tiny holes in the top with a tiny drill bit. when they came i carefully picked them off their silk, they bruise easily, then put them in the container. you dont need a bedding or any thing like that (well i didnt use any) then every other day or so i feed them, just took some of the chow and broke into penny size or smaller pieces like 10-15 pieces and put on the bottom, they go through it like crazy! if you dont want them to get too big, you can stop feeding them for a bit (i forget how long) and they will be ok. i fed them every other day and they all lived for longer than 2 weeks (then ran out of them, the chams love em). i kept them in the room with the chams because the heat and humidity was ok for them. um, i dont think you want them too moist or too dry. i probably didnt do everything right with them, but they lived! and make sure your hands are always extremely clean when handling their food and them, very susceptible to bacteria. hope that helps :) and pre made chow only lasts for a month then you have to throw it out because of bacteria, so maybe powered would be better because than you can mix what you need for a few weeks(?).
 
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