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Hi people,My colony Messor Barbarus is getting really large. Feeding them is getting a lot of work, while I started keeping ants partly because of the low maintenance. When I feed them I have to...
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Have you tried breeding your own meal worms? It's quite easy to do. YouTube it. I also thought Messor species ate more seeds than anything else?
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I would not feed them meat but that is just me. Why does it take so much time to feed them 15 mealworms? if they are live it should take you only a minute if that to feed them. Just cut off their head...
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The problem is that I live in a very small student room (about 12m2). Keeping live insects here is not an option. The problem is they smell and require room. I was looking for something I could store...
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You could buy various insects and freeze them. I know some people who feed large roaches as then they only need to feed one insect every day or so. I tend to feed mine crickets, mealworms, spiders,...
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This ant jello sounds interesting. Could you be more specific how you made it?
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There are plenty of feeders out there that dont smell. Crickets do a lot and flies do. But there are mealworms, superworms, rice flour (red) beetles, most roaches, isopods (pill bugs, rollie pollies,...
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sorry to sidetrack or hijack your thread but are other ants something you could feed your colony?
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barbet wrote:This ant jello sounds interesting. Could you be more specific how you made it?I would have to modify a fish jello recipe, if I followed the same lines it would look something like this....
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Thanks, sounds like a great recipe. I'll use the shared blender in my student house XD. Their bakery might taste a bit unusual for the coming weeks... Though one question remains: will it freeze and...
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Put it in zip-lock baggies and it will keep for at least 6 months. If you put wax paper between the layers, it is easier to separate when frozen. Try and get as much air out of the baggie as you can.
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