What type of chicken food do you use? I've bred meal worms and super worms for a few years now and have always used oat meal. I'm allergic to oat meal (I can eat it i'm more allergic to the dust it produces when it isn't mixed with water) and have a hard time cleaning out the bug bins. I think chicken food would be a great alternative!
I see this is a year old, but I still just wanted to leave a comment just in case you may still see it or if someone else has this issue and reads this. Anyway, I was going to ask if maybe you were actually allergic to the meal worms themselves? As that is a very common issue when breeding them, where people develope an allergy to the worms. I believe it is the frass or feces of the worms that ends up airborne when substrateis disturbed and we breathe it in. It is advised to wear a mask when doing any maintenance and collection so you're not breathing in the dust created by the meal worms and bedding. Either way, the chicken feed produces just as much, if not more dust as the oats and some other bedding. If you're wanting a bedding that produces the least amount of dust, I use uncooked rice. I have been using it for the last 4 years and have not gone back since. It is still a good idea to wear a mask when doing maintenance since there will still be their fras and dust from shed skins. Better safe than sorry. Anyway, good luck! I hope you have a great day!
Every time I try to breed them I get grain mites tons of little white bugs you can barely see and I’m not having that do you have issues with that? I’ve train everything to baking the grains at high temperatures and they still are there when I start over 🤷🏼♂️
She runs her fingers through her hair after running them through the mealworms bin. That's dedication.
Do you use ground up powdery egg shell for the calcium?
@@Bluegreen1-v4vthis is a cheap alternative to calcium powder at the store! Highly recc
Love this
That did not go unnoticed!
We can't get sick from them
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This is really helpful 😊 wow thank you
What type of chicken food do you use? I've bred meal worms and super worms for a few years now and have always used oat meal. I'm allergic to oat meal (I can eat it i'm more allergic to the dust it produces when it isn't mixed with water) and have a hard time cleaning out the bug bins. I think chicken food would be a great alternative!
We use a brand called Layena!
I see this is a year old, but I still just wanted to leave a comment just in case you may still see it or if someone else has this issue and reads this.
Anyway, I was going to ask if maybe you were actually allergic to the meal worms themselves? As that is a very common issue when breeding them, where people develope an allergy to the worms. I believe it is the frass or feces of the worms that ends up airborne when substrateis disturbed and we breathe it in. It is advised to wear a mask when doing any maintenance and collection so you're not breathing in the dust created by the meal worms and bedding. Either way, the chicken feed produces just as much, if not more dust as the oats and some other bedding. If you're wanting a bedding that produces the least amount of dust, I use uncooked rice. I have been using it for the last 4 years and have not gone back since. It is still a good idea to wear a mask when doing maintenance since there will still be their fras and dust from shed skins. Better safe than sorry. Anyway, good luck! I hope you have a great day!
@@katalinacastanares4602 thank you so much for this info
@katalinacastanares4602 they can eat the raw rice? Brown or white, or does it matter?
Thanks for sharing. Your beautiful. 🥰😘❤️
Be careful of the lettuce, it's basically all water and it only takes a little to produce a mold which kills them.
You want everything very, very dry.
Noted with thanks for your info
What do you think of our mealworms? 💚
Didn't know when they are full grown they looks like bugs than a worm🤣😅
I just tried breeding today for my gecko. Personally I think they’re gross (not just yours) all mealworms!! But over time I might get used to it
Every time I try to breed them I get grain mites tons of little white bugs you can barely see and I’m not having that do you have issues with that? I’ve train everything to baking the grains at high temperatures and they still are there when I start over 🤷🏼♂️
My one became a beetle 🪲🪲
My 1 super worms out of 30-40 turned into a beetle when I came back from my school hockey match and I have 3 pupae the rest are still worms
Wow that is awesome!!
What do you use the dehumidifier for? And also how well does it dehumidify?
It gets supppppper hot and humid in our reptile room, so we use it to take a little bit of humidity off of our buggies, it works GREAT!
@@zenhabitats ah makes sense, I also have a humid room and I was looking into getting a better dehumidifier, tysm! 🦎
Now THERE'S something you don't see everyday.
I love it
What bedding is that
Kasey likes to use chicken feed as her substrate for bug breeding.
What is the box inside the container??
Hello! it is a reusable dehumidifier!
Do you just put calcium and vitamin a powder or how do you do that
I do this just by sprinkling the powders on the chicken feed.
good dear ❤️
How do you move them they bite right❤
They might nibble a little bit! Kasey is a master with everything bug related so she doesn’t mind moving them around! 💚
@zenhabitats oh cause I have super worms and one pupated and I have a lot of them
Use a spoon 😊
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I have a mealworm I need help taking care of it 😮💨
How did it go with the meal worm?