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Hello everyone! I have a small problem and was hoping someone with a little more experience could give me some tips. It's starting to cool down here in Memphis and I keep my crickets in the garage in a wood enclosure I built specifically for the purpose. My problem is how to keep them warm...

I don't think I did post that info...regardless, I went through two small packages (1/2 pound of the powder, I think) from start to finish with the 250 eggs I ordered a while back. I typically order a couple packages at a time to save on shipping and it's really, really easy to make yourself.

Good thought on switching the males. I didn't do that this time around, but it's a great idea.

I raised this clutch on chow from start to finish. When they're little, I just put some chow in one of the syringe-type things we get with the kids' medicine and put a thin line around them and they ate it up.

Everything I've read says that if they turn darker than when they are laid, they're fertile. So, from what I've studied, the eggs should be fertile so long as they turned darker than when they were laid. If they stayed the same color or turned white, then they'd be infertile. This is my...

Update! It's been a couple weeks since I updated, so thought it might be time to do so. Most of the silkworms have spun cocoons, although I have a few stragglers and lost some that didn't spin. But, overall, I have quite a few cocoons and even some breeding moths right now. There are a few...

I wish my guy would eat them...he has an aversion to dubias for some reason, so the ones I have I'm just keeping alive in hopes one day he'll change his mind.

That's absolutely gorgeous!

They're about a month old, give or take a few days. And I didn't do anything special, promise. They'll eat as much as you feed them, but I wouldn't go longer than about 2 days between feedings if you can avoid it. And one thing I learned the hard way: don't cover them completely in their...

It took about a month, give or take. I found a ton of good info at http://www.wormspit.com/tinymasters.htm. That may not be the exact link, but it goes into great detail about the phases and when to expect cocoons and what follows. It's well worth it, IMO, and not too hard...as of now anyway...

I bought a small batch (250) of silkworm eggs a while back and since my boy didn't eat even close to half, I figured I'd try to breed some. So far, it's going great! I cut up some empty toilet paper and paper towel tubes, taped them to the sides of a container and transferred all the worms...

I thought the same thing the first time I made silkworm chow. I read where you could grate it, but my chow always turns out too moist. So...when they were babies, I got one of those medicine syringes that come with kids' medicine, put some chow in that and squirted it around the small silkies...

I order mine in batches of 500 from Fluker's as well and they have - by far - the best survival rate of any I've tried. While it's convenient to get them when you need them from the pet store (PetCo/PetSmart), I've found the survival rate drops considerably compared to Fluker's.

I ordered some blue bottle spikes for the first time and when they arrived today, I noticed the package/substrate smelled of ammonia. Seems I remember seeing a post somewhere on here that said if it smelled they needed to be put in fresh substrate. Can someone with more experience let me know if...

Thanks for the post! I was looking at ordering some spikes, but wasn't sure since I'd never ordered from them before. This post definitely helped get me off the fence!

If you're uncertain, send Todd at LYR a note with the pic attached. He's always responded quickly to me and definitely can tell you which light to go with.

I've found that a small percentage of the crickets I order go "belly up" on an almost daily basis. Depending on where I order from, sometimes it's more than a small percentage. From what I've read on the forum here, the main culprit tends to be a lack of ventilation. There are other less...

Very cool. I wasn't sure what the wood was, but from what I can see from the photo, it looks awesome. I thought about honeysuckle, but wasn't sure if it would do well in a cage, so went with a potted jasmine instead.

I hear ya on getting "approval." My cham setup is in a room off the closet, so my wife doesn't have to look at it all the time...out of sight, out of mind. Ha! Keep us posted on the progress. Interested to see what you have in mind.

Welcome Gus and congrats on the additions! The setup in the first pic looks really cool. What all do you have in the cage?