A few months ago I started a small mealworm farm under my bed (in which I don't sleep since I moved into my brothers old room). They got of to a good start and I watched their life cycle! We had some mice living on our ceiling which we tried to get rid of. One day I wanted to give some mealworms to my quail and chicken but all my mealworms, pupae and bugs were gone. I also found some mouse droppings in the oat-bedding of the mealworm farm. Some mouse had eaten all the mealworms. I left the tray with the bedding under my bed and completely forgot it. Today, while looking for some unused things to sell in order to get money for my new phone, I looked under the bed and saw the tray. I took it out and, to my surprise, found some beetles walking around. Then I ran my fingers through the oats and found some pupae and mealworms. Looks like some tiny worms survived the mouse and managed to continue the cycle. I would have never expected them to survive since the potatoe (for moisture) was taken out quite some time ago because it was moldy. All they had was a tiny peace of dry toast and oat-meal dust as bedding. Looks like the mealworm farming under my bed will continue!
