Chick feed moldier?

[Alex G]

Has anyone noticed that chick feed tends to accumulate mold faster than bran or cornmeal (with mealworms)? Or is it just me? It seems like it accrues mold within a day or two of being added to my mealworm colony.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

DO NOT LET YOU CHICKEN MASH GET MOLDY!!! It is an aflatoxin, and can ultimately poison you geckos!

 

[lillith]

I tried chicken mash, but I found that the mealworms were less healthy than when I used my own homemade gutload, and my geckos lost weight during the 3 month mash experiment. And the grain mites were out of control. So I put my mealie colony back into the gutload I made, and everything went back to normal.

Mash works for some people, but I was not one of them. Marcia has a very strong point about aflatoxins, so pay heed to that advice as well...

 

[lillith]

oops...doublepost. sorry.

 

[Alex G]

DO NOT LET YOU CHICKEN MASH GET MOLDY!!! It is an aflatoxin, and can ultimately poison you geckos!

Well it killed off my mealworm colony twice before I could feed the affected worms to my geckos (I was feeding them off refrigerated worms so my colony would have time to grow) so I don't think I need to worry.

I tried chicken mash, but I found that the mealworms were less healthy than when I used my own homemade gutload, and my geckos lost weight during the 3 month mash experiment. And the grain mites were out of control. So I put my mealie colony back into the gutload I made, and everything went back to normal.

Mash works for some people, but I was not one of them. Marcia has a very strong point about aflatoxins, so pay heed to that advice as well...

That's reason enough for me to throw it out, thanks.

 

[roger]

Well it killed off my mealworm colony twice before I could feed the affected worms to my geckos (I was feeding them off refrigerated worms so my colony would have time to grow) so I don't think I need to worry.

That's reason enough for me to throw it out, thanks.

if u use chicken mash let air get to it.dont keep it sealed