beetles flipping over...

[david13]

Everytime i open the beetle container..they are flipped on their back (the 3 i got so far) They are on ground up oatmeal and there is a few little bumps and finger prints and i think that might be how they flip??? please help

thanks in advance

 

[Surf_420]

its normal, put some type of shelter in the enclosure. some old eggs carton pieces will work great.

 

[MSMD]

:main_yes: They do that all the time. They're not the most talented at walking.....:main_rolleyes:

 

[david13]

haha,what should i do?..its a pain to flip them back over, and this morning, all three were upside down, they can't flip themselves back over

besides put an enclosure in there (i will be doing that)

 

[HepCatMoe]

they do that for the first few days. dont worry about it. soon they will figure it out, and probably burrow into the substrate.

 

[GeckoGathering]

Beetles Flipped over David!

They love orange skins....cup the skin pieces like a hide......they will eat it from the inside to the bitter end, and groups will gather inside to breed, along with the great gut loaded worms you will have ( note, I tried egg cartons, worms will surface to it and eat on the carton).....It is easy to collect worms, but you are then feeding paper products to your geckos.... take care. HJ

 

[Surf_420]

They love orange skins....cup the skin pieces like a hide......they will eat it from the inside to the bitter end, and groups will gather inside to breed, along with the great gut loaded worms you will have ( note, I tried egg cartons, worms will surface to it and eat on the carton).....It is easy to collect worms, but you are then feeding paper products to your geckos.... take care. HJ

if you are housing your beetles and worms seperate you wont have this problem.

i have several plastic bins, with the various life cycles in each different one.
as soon as mine turn to beetles they get there own container until they lay more mealies which takes a while, then i pull them out and put into a different container. keep this process going and before you know it you wont have to buy feeders. unless you have many geckos such as some of us and they eat lots of mealies every week.

 

[david13]

when my beetles flip over on their back they can't get themselves back upright, I looked in their, and a beetle was upside down, i went in their 6 hrsd later and he still was. What should i do. The life stages are housed seperately, they don't flip themselves back over

 

[GeckoGathering]

Beetles don't need that much of My time.(flip side)

I know what's good for one is not always good for another. I've tried meal worm raising all types of ways. The best for me, as about 10,000 worms kept in one container, along with beetles, aliens, eggs, small worms, medium worms, large ones.......and supporting a good supply all the time, is as the third method I tried. No separating. Using bran, chick starter, carrots, and orange peel...... Separating them was a pain in the orange-peel to me, but everyone is welcome to the method right for Them.Take care. HJ

 

[david13]

i am going to be seperating their different life stages and see how that goes...but could someone please answer my first question for the final overall answer..

when my beetles flip over on their back they can't get themselves back upright, I looked in their, and a beetle was upside down, i went in their 6 hrs later and he still was. What should i do. The life stages are housed seperately, they don't flip themselves back over

thanks

 

[GeckoGathering]

Still flippin

********They are on ground up oatmeal and there is a few little bumps and finger prints and i think that might be how they flip??? please help**********
They can survive under the oats......just cover them up with your oats...they will dig and eat and you can get on with watching the geckos....see that you have a moisture item in the box. Like the ideal carrot or the end slice of an orange. Take care. HJ

 

[MSMD]

I also find that mine hide/huddle under apple slices, as well as orange. Something to climb on/under really does seem to help them keep themselves 'righted'. lol

 

[david13]

ok thanks, should i even bother flippig them back over?