silkworms

[Beman]

Lowes it was $3.99

I don't have lowes or home depot here. Amazon is my best friend.

 

[Beman]

one last question. How much chow would 250 eggs go through?

 

[RyanBRZ]

Lowes it was $3.99

I paid $4.08 for it back in May on Amazon

 

[RyanBRZ]

one last question. How much chow would 250 eggs go through?

I've never raised a full 250, but I can tell you 150 or so would use 1/2 lb powder if you use it sparingly so little to none goes to waste.

This is coastal silkworms ebay account, they ship super fast. If you start to run low you can order more if needed. You save a few bucks doing with the 2 pack of 1/2 lb powder

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-LB-Powde...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[Chameleomom]

I would get a big bag and you can make it as needed

 

[Chameleomom]

I've never raised a full 250

That's what I am raising now but this is my first time so I can't answer this yet. So I would say a pound or more

 

[RyanBRZ]

I've always made the full bag and then freeze it in 4 to 6 containers and take them out as needed.

 

[RyanBRZ]

Correction, I've hatched a full 250 (pictures in one of my previous posts) but I realized it was wayy too many worms for my single male panther so I ended up giving around half of them to my local pet shop who has a mulberry tree outside. Raising 250 would definitely require around 1 lb of powder, assuming you do not waste much of it. If you haven't hatched the eggs yet, then do not hatch all of them, maybe around half so you are not wasting money on food and will not be stuck with excess worms.

 

[Chameleomom]

I have 2 male panthers that go thru them. Becca will have 2 also to feed

 

[Beman]

Yeah see this is what I am stressing is raising so many although I will have a baby that will be able to take down some serious amount lol. I wish they offered lower amounts to buy though. Like a dip a toe in and see if it is for you amount

 

[Beman]

I have 2 male panthers that go thru them. Becca will have 2 also to feed

Beman is on a diet. He fat. And not in the phat meaning

 

[Chameleomom]

If I had known I could have sent you like 50 eggs to hatch

 

[RyanBRZ]

@Beman maybe go with the staggered approach. What I did is kept one container on top of my chameleon cage where they get a smidge of heat from my basking lights and another container I kept on the floor where it's cooler--if you have a cooler place in your home then you can probably slow the growth down even more. The worms I kept on top of the cage reached adulthood super fast and I fed those off first. I then promoted some floor worms to the top of cage container, rinse and repeat.

 

[Beman]

Ok I am going to take the plunge. Pray for me.

 

[Beman]

@Beman maybe go with the staggered approach. What I did is kept one container on top of my chameleon cage where they get a smidge of heat from my basking lights and another container I kept on the floor where it's cooler--if you have a cooler place in your home then you can probably slow the growth down even more. The worms I kept on top of the cage reached adulthood super fast and I fed those off first. I then promoted some floor worms to the top of cage container, rinse and repeat.

Great idea thanks!

 

[Chameleomom]

I went in and checked on mine looks like almost all of them have hatched now