I just bought some disposable tupperware type containers and plastic mesh a la dodolah's suggestion in this post:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/silkworms-101-a-7906/#post58525
and this
https://www.chameleonforums.com/what-do-you-keep-26605/#post241334
I've been toying with the idea of getting a tree and a lamp and seeing if I can have a go at keeping the tree to keep the worms, but there are like 15 different kinds of trees. does it matter which kind of mulberry tree?
He's the best cham ever, Nic!
Now look what I have!!! pretty exciting. Thanks to The Manduca project for warning me that these guys will move. I picked them up with tongs, and sure enough, they thrash. That probably would have sent me straight to therapy!
good advice. thank you! and my kids will appreciate not being chased around by giant worms with mommy yelling "but look at them!!!" Gotta do soemthing with them... the 2 I put in cups to pupate like the website said have made a fast escape. evidently, they werent as ready as I had thought...
They were smaller! then they got HUGE! last time I got an order, he was eating one or two every other day or so. this time, he wont touch them, so they are out of control. I still have 2 or 3 that are under 2". easy for him to handle. I dont even try them after they get bigger. and the...
He is completely disgusted with me at all times! I still love him. He accidentally ate one this morning bc the super he was shooting was too close to it. He looked at me with big green worm hanging out of his mouth despising my very existence!
Thanks for the advice, guys. I know I over...
Rotten cham wont eat the hornworms I bought him. He gobbled up the last bunch, so I got 2 cups. now he is spoiled on supers, and wont touch these guys! guess I'm going to take a crack at breeding bc they are getting way too big to try to feed off...
You can find a host by looking up "dynamic naming systems" I think the one we use is dnssyst.org, but I'm not sure. We have urlich set up with a cam that can be controlled via internet by the viewer. Sometimes, he's hard to find. I have the cam inside his cage for better viewing. PM me, if...