Looking for mealworms for my ducks at a reasonable price.

[DucksAreBest]

@Jp617, do you know how to water mealworms not using vegetables?

 

[CoriM]

Chewy.com is the most reasonable place I've found to buy mealworms. And it's super easy - delivered to your door in a few days!

 

[Chiarabrook]

I buy live ones from TSC. They are $65 for roughly 100,000 with free shipping. The dried ones are much more expensive. Though, I only purchase them in the winter months; the rest if the year, the wild bugs feed them since they free range.

 

[MotherOfDuckens]

@Jp617, do you know how to water mealworms not using vegetables?

You can use water crystals but most people I know prefer carrots/potatoes.

 

[Jp617]

@Jp617, do you know how to water mealworms not using vegetables?

I mentioned it in a previous post

 

[DukesDucks]

I've been convinced to try raising meal worms again but only during warm weather. I quit last time because it is so cold here that the live ones died by the time I delivered them to the coop. Ducks were not very keen on those. I have a local pet store where I can buy them. I hope the young lady is on cash because she just scoops out a bunch whereas the owner counts out exactly 100.

 

[TexasTurkeyMama]

Mealworms?

Yes, mealworms. Check Uncle Jim's Worm Farm online for information. Do you have any children in your house who might like to work the project for you?

 

[Chiarabrook]

@Jp617, do you know how to water mealworms not using vegetables?

Good afternoon, I have recently figured out a way. I currently keep my worms in a tall, narrow bucket, covered with a cotton cloth. Somehow, my cloth fell into the bucket and the worms climbed on top of it. I didn't want to crush them, so I used my spray bottle that I water my plants with, and spritzed some water onto an empty part of the cloth, within seconds, the worms were crawling towards the dampened cloth. I hope this helps. I immediately thought of your post.

 

[DucksAreBest]

Good afternoon, I have recently figured out a way. I currently keep my worms in a tall, narrow bucket, covered with a cotton cloth. Somehow, my cloth fell into the bucket and the worms climbed on top of it. I didn't want to crush them, so I used my spray bottle that I water my plants with, and spritzed some water onto an empty part of the cloth, within seconds, the worms were crawling towards the dampened cloth. I hope this helps. I immediately thought of your post.

Thank you so much! I'm looking forward to do this.

 

[MotherOfDuckens]

Good afternoon, I have recently figured out a way. I currently keep my worms in a tall, narrow bucket, covered with a cotton cloth. Somehow, my cloth fell into the bucket and the worms climbed on top of it. I didn't want to crush them, so I used my spray bottle that I water my plants with, and spritzed some water onto an empty part of the cloth, within seconds, the worms were crawling towards the dampened cloth. I hope this helps. I immediately thought of your post.

A word of warning about this. If you have something that is wet or even damp sitting on top of the substrate (like a damp cloth) there is a high chance it will cause the substrate to mold (at best) and encourage mite growth (at worst). I suppose if you folded it in such a way that the only part getting wet formed a peak that never touched the substrate, that could potentially work. This is why people gravitate toward carrots or potatoes - for the most part the outer peel remains dry and the worms burrow into it to get the moisture.

I speak from experience. I looked for creative ways to water my first batch of mealworms and battled grain mites nonstop. It just wasn't worth it to reinvent the wheel (though I still keep an open mind to alternatives).