Help with silk worm breeding

[pigglett79]

Hello,

I have been reading posts regarding breeding silk worms and have a question. I put them in a small terrarium with paper towels on the bottom and plenty of food. Now I have seen set ups with toilet paper rolls so I have begun collecting them for them to make their cocoons in. Do you just stack them up on one side of the cage and they will climb up them when they are ready? Is there anything I need to do to get them to start making their cocoons?


Thanks

 

[Psychobunny]

Hello,

I have been reading posts regarding breeding silk worms and have a question. I put them in a small terrarium with paper towels on the bottom and plenty of food. Now I have seen set ups with toilet paper rolls so I have begun collecting them for them to make their cocoons in. Do you just stack them up on one side of the cage and they will climb up them when they are ready? Is there anything I need to do to get them to start making their cocoons?


Thanks

If you keep feeding them, they will reach their max size and make cocoons.
You dont have to do anything.
I have a bunch of them in a plastic critter-keeper. Cocoons are stuck all over the walls, ceiling etc.
I dont hove any thing in there with them except a peice of egg carton.

 

[Branman]

Hello,

I have been reading posts regarding breeding silk worms and have a question. I put them in a small terrarium with paper towels on the bottom and plenty of food. Now I have seen set ups with toilet paper rolls so I have begun collecting them for them to make their cocoons in. Do you just stack them up on one side of the cage and they will climb up them when they are ready? Is there anything I need to do to get them to start making their cocoons?


Thanks

Just leave the toilet paper rolls inside the terrarium and the silkworms will find it. Just keep feedin them and they will cocoon soon. They get to be pretty big before they cocoon

 

[pigglett79]

Thank you for the replys. I will keep feeding them and hope for the best.