Pest or darkling beetles+mealworms?

[Patiocoturnix]

Well I got my first small harvest of mealworms from the cage wasn’t even any where near the amount I actually saw but it’s how many I got there is exactly 45 in there and I will try to get some more later.

 

[Oob Child]

Do you think the mealworms could be why the cage they are in has absolutely 0 smell it actually have a kind of pleasant smell?

I'm interested in this, my quail hutch reeks. If this actually works someone needs to tell me.

 

[Nigel27]

Update please!

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Update please!

They are still alive or more beetles than I can count haven’t seen any worms lately but it’s been cold but everything is still going good if I can remember I’ll get you pics Tomorrow

 

[Nigel27]

what zone are you in? Is the coop outside? I'd have to use a heat mat to keep them alive in the winter.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

For anyone still wondering they are still doing amazing even after many bedding changes I just collected a ton but this was nowhere near as many as there was in total this is only what I could really catch. They are much smaller than normal pet store ones but still kinda big.

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Sorry I didn’t see this sooner.

what zone are you in?

If your talking about like plant hardiness zones I am in zone 10a or 10b

Is the coop outside?

Yes it is kept outside.

I'd have to use a heat mat to keep them alive in the winter.

They seemed to do fine through the winter for me but it didn’t get below 35°F here