Mealworms at Lowes

[jomoncon]

The ones I got at Lowes were dried. But my girls love them anyway.

 

[1muttsfan]

Thanks gallo, great directions.
Do they smell at all? It is way too cold here in the winters, they would have to come into the house

 

[spiffwilkie]

How long does wheat meal last? My feed store only sells it in 50lb bags, but for $11 I didn't mind getting it. That's the price of a few cans of worms at a local store. I'll probably stick some in 5 gallon buckets like we do regular wheat.

 

[Jenn1399]

Wow, this seems really interesting & it seems very easy.... I just wish I wasn't so grossed out by them!

 

[ByeByeBlackBird]

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in order for them to smell, you have to seriously NEVER clean their enclosure. otherwise, they are virtually odorless. *they like oatmeal bedding!*

Really though, i never had a problem with them. I never raised them in massive numbers, so i cant tell you beyond my own experience but i used a tub *think shoebox sized tub* and they were fine.

 

[ByeByeBlackBird]

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Youd get used to them fast. the beetles dont fly either, and they cant climb. so no worries there!

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Holy cow! It looks like the Lowes nearby me has them as well. I paid a fortune for a tub of the "premium gourmet" dried mealworms at the feedstore! Thanks for the heads up!!!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

They really don't give off much of an odor at all. The colony can stink if it gets wet or the vegetables rot. The $11/50lbs is a great deal on wheat bran. I'm trying to find a local feed store that carries it in those quantities. Fifty pounds is a lot of bran, unless you had a large number of colonies it would last you years. I probably use less than 5lbs/year for my 10 gal. colony. They really aren't that gross. You'd think they'd be slimy, but they're not. They're quite dry, in fact.

edited for spelling

 

[kittycooks]

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Great article! I buy live worms year round at petco - 500 for around $6.00. I think I will start a colony of my own!

 

[wezl]

I kept a great colony for 3 years or so. I kept them in a plastic cake cover. When I split the colony for my step-mom, mine all died. It was weird. I liked using the cardboard inserts from Digorno pizzas as layers. It made it really easy to get a handfill at a time. I was feeding several reptiles, some frogs, and my skunk. Supposedly, my lory would eat them, but she just looked at me like I was nuts, and screamed until I got them out of there! It was about the time I started with chickens that I lost them.