Oh no! Silkworm help needed.

[Psychodrake]

So I recieved three boxes of Silkworms today (About 100 silkworms) and put them all in a bigger container, generally kept them very clean and well fed through the day.

Sadly I feel I've wasted my time. My sister decided it would be a great idea to leave the door open. We keep the door to that room shut all day as 1. there is a nice sofa we don't want them jumping on, 2. the Chameleons needs his privacy and 3. bugs. Sadly, one of the dogs spilled the Silkworms out of their box. I couldn't see any injured or dead, so if she ate any I wouldn't know sadly. I put all the ones I found on the floor back in the box and changed their paper towel floor.

My question is, how badly affected are Silkworms to dogs in general? I know how fragile they are, I take the best of care of them when I do buy them due to expense and I actually quite like the species in general. I don't want them all dying off or killing my other worms off. My hope is that they're all still alive by morning and will be fine. I think she will have touched them with her beard (She's a Schnauser) but nothing else.

Idiot family member is the bane of me. We've had a full box of locusts spilled for the exact same reason in the past. It stresses everyone out except the person who couldn't care less. I'm going to have to buy a decent shelf for these things which means even more money spent because someone else is so inconsiderate. /vent

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Closets were invented for a reason. For the kid not the bugs.

 

[Psychodrake]

Funnily enough she's 22. You'd think she was 6 the way she acts around the house though. Never gotten along with her really, she just became incredibly inconsiderate and quite rude, like she thinks she's the only person in the house. I absolutely hate it when she tries to pick up my Cham when plastered in perfume.

 

[Ozzie2011]

Silkworms will not hurt your dogs. But for future put them away where the dogs do not have access to them as that is ALOT of money wasted on feeders.

 

[leo]

silkworms are have really weak immune systems and die really easily. i would recommend that you check on their bin daily and take out the dead one because sometimes they dispose liquid which kills the other ones.

 

[chameleongirl2]

i agree they do not cause any harm to your dog, but in the future put them higher like on a desk or something to prevent that from happening

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Well, there's still the option of body bags or getting her kicked out. The second is more legal.

 

[Chamifornia]

Train your dog to not mess with stuff and you will be fine

 

[seanUTD]

Lets just say I killed 90% of my first go with silkies just because there was a little more moisture than was needed... If they live they live... But definitely take out the dead ones as it's not the liquid they release but the decomposition that attracts bacteria and mold which will kill ALL of them and thats a promise...

 

[Psychodrake]

There were two dead ones out of about 60 this morning, so I'm fairly confident that they'll be fine for now, I've cleaned them out and given them fresh food.

Honestly, I'd love to put them on a desk but there isn't one in there. The heat mat doesn't reach very far either. I really need a low shelf of some sort.

And lol Karma. I'm surprised she hasn't been kicked out yet!