Silkworms from reptillianarts

[Bluesky1019]

About a month ago I got 25 silkworms from reptilian arts and some seemed dead and the food was completely dry so that didn’t work and my Beardie only got to eat about 10, I tried two weeks later and the same thing happend but this time the container started to form, what looked like mold on the food and on the silkworms itself. I’m not an expert when it comes to silkworms so maybe it wasn’t mold but I was wondering if anyone else experienced something like this? Also, is there a way to keep the food from drying up at the bottom? I was hoping for recommendations as well. I’m looking for not too pricey silkworms that comes with a lot and don’t die quick!

 

[Skybug]

About a month ago I got 25 silkworms from reptilian arts and some seemed dead and the food was completely dry so that didn’t work and my Beardie only got to eat about 10, I tried two weeks later and the same thing happend but this time the container started to form, what looked like mold on the food and on the silkworms itself. I’m not an expert when it comes to silkworms so maybe it wasn’t mold but I was wondering if anyone else experienced something like this? Also, is there a way to keep the food from drying up at the bottom? I was hoping for recommendations as well. I’m looking for not too pricey silkworms that comes with a lot and don’t die quick!

I had the same issues, it was my first time getting them, they’re alot harder to keep alive compared to hornworms, in my opinion, I haven’t gotten them since :/

 

[Bluesky1019]

I had the same issues, it was my first time getting them, they’re alot harder to keep alive compared to hornworms, in my opinion, I haven’t gotten them since :/

I want to try hornworms but im scared they’ll get HIGE I want to keep them At a maximum of 3 inches

 

[Sadie]

They must be having issues as it seemslately they havent been very good --- they used to be real good w/ the silk worms -- you can get small horn worms from dubiaroaches.com - I just got some small ones here last week and they were real good and small --

 

[Skybug]

I order my hornworms from https://greatlakeshornworm.com/ and have never had an issue, of course some do die but thats just how Insects are.

I want to try hornworms but im scared they’ll get HIGE I want to keep them At a maximum of 3 inches

I fed Steffern when she was a juvie an absolutely massive hornworm, she took it down fine, they’d be trying to eat all kinds of things in the wild , definitely scorpions, /— they have strong jaws and the jelly glob worm won’t cause “impaction”.

 

[Bluesky1019]

They must be having issues as it seemslately they havent been very good --- they used to be real good w/ the silk worms -- you can get small horn worms from dubiaroaches.com - I just got some small ones here last week and they were real good and small --

Ok I will try that thx! How fast do you they grow until there full- grown?

 

[Bluesky1019]

I order my hornworms from https://greatlakeshornworm.com/ and have never had an issue, of course some do die but thats just how Insects are.

I fed Steffern when she was a juvie an absolutely massive hornworm, she took it down fine, they’d be trying to eat all kinds of things in the wild , definitely scorpions, /— they have strong jaws and the jelly glob worm won’t cause “impaction”.

Ohh ok I always thought it was bad! Maybe that was for hard shelled bugs, and your Beardie has such beautiful colors!

 

[Sadie]

Ok I will try that thx! How fast do you they grow until there full- grown?

No I feed them when I get them - it's taking longer for them to grow this time - usually they come medium and w/ in a week they are huge -- keep them away from the heat and dump the frass out--- I feed two at a time to two dragons

 

[StellaG]

About a month ago I got 25 silkworms from reptilian arts and some seemed dead and the food was completely dry so that didn’t work and my Beardie only got to eat about 10, I tried two weeks later and the same thing happend but this time the container started to form, what looked like mold on the food and on the silkworms itself. I’m not an expert when it comes to silkworms so maybe it wasn’t mold but I was wondering if anyone else experienced something like this? Also, is there a way to keep the food from drying up at the bottom? I was hoping for recommendations as well. I’m looking for not too pricey silkworms that comes with a lot and don’t die quick!

I haven’t tried them yet but ordered eggs so I didn’t have to worry about transport of the live worms. I noticed the silkworm breeders in my area are not shipping them live.

 

[Bluesky1019]

I haven’t tried them yet but ordered eggs so I didn’t have to worry about transport of the live worms. I noticed the silkworm breeders in my area are not shipping them live.

Oh, maybe silkworms don’t survive transporting! That’s a good idea

 

[Bluesky1019]

No I feed them when I get them - it's taking longer for them to grow this time - usually they come medium and w/ in a week they are huge -- keep them away from the heat and dump the frass out--- I feed two at a time to two dragons

Ok thank you! Where do you order yours?

 

[Sadie]

Ok thank you! Where do you order yours?

I just got them from dubiaroaches.com - they normally only carry med size but have smalls in now they were really nice

 

[StellaG]

Ok thank you! Where do you order yours?

Mulberry Farms