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tenbob on December 19th 2010, 1:21 am
hiya....
iv always fed my hog dried mealworms and purchased a tub of live mealworms about 4/5 weeks ago... i fed them weetabix to start with, then i found out you could give them fruit and veg so started to give them bits of apple ect, thing is they started to stink putrid after that, i removed all the leftover bits from the tub they didnt eat but they just stank awful so i put the remainders out for the birds.
is it normal that they smell????
iv always fed my hog dried mealworms and purchased a tub of live mealworms about 4/5 weeks ago... i fed them weetabix to start with, then i found out you could give them fruit and veg so started to give them bits of apple ect, thing is they started to stink putrid after that, i removed all the leftover bits from the tub they didnt eat but they just stank awful so i put the remainders out for the birds.
is it normal that they smell????
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angriesthedgehog on December 19th 2010, 9:27 am
I used to use weetabix and I think it smells worse so I changed to oats :p
I keep my worms on oats and nothing else - if breeding them it slows down the productivity of the worms but I still get enough for my hoggies. I then have a separate smaller tub for my feeding worms. I add veg etc before i feed to hogs so all the worms are then eaten so I dont get soggy worm smell
I keep my worms on oats and nothing else - if breeding them it slows down the productivity of the worms but I still get enough for my hoggies. I then have a separate smaller tub for my feeding worms. I add veg etc before i feed to hogs so all the worms are then eaten so I dont get soggy worm smell
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tenbob on December 19th 2010, 2:44 pm
so......can i use porridge oats then in future?
i felt the smell didnt start with the weetabix though, just the fresh stuff. it did smell a bit like rotting veg, but im sure i got all the uneaten oddments out. it really was vile though!
i felt the smell didnt start with the weetabix though, just the fresh stuff. it did smell a bit like rotting veg, but im sure i got all the uneaten oddments out. it really was vile though!
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angriesthedgehog on December 19th 2010, 2:48 pm
well I found that oats was cheaper and easier and doesnt seem to smell like the weetabix does with the veg
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tenbob on December 19th 2010, 2:51 pm
ahhhh i get what you mean, like a combination of the weetabix and fruit and veg could have caused it.
il try that with the next batch then
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il try that with the next batch then
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