Is it easy to breed mealworms? If so how do you do it exactly.

[GeckoJake]

I needy know so I can start breeding mealworms to feed my two leopard geckos. Please help me out by giving me the EASIEST and CHEAPEST way possible! Thank you so much my friends!

 

[justindh1]

Mealworms are easy to breed but can be time consuming. Sorting, feeding, and etc all take longer than one would think. If you just have 2 geckos then it may be more than it's worth unless you have something else you can feed them to such as chickens or want to feed outside birds as well. It's cheap to get started breeding mealworms so you could always try and see if it is worth it to you. It will take a few months to get feeder size mealworms so it is always best to get started as soon as you can.

 

[doublet74]

Also watch your humidity. They have to be in a container that has almost none. Otherwise you will get grain mites. And if that happens you might as well throw the colony away. BREED DUBIA. Much easier.

 

[EnchantmentGecko]

It's extremely easy but will produce much more than two geckos can eat. However all you need is some grain meal (the cheapest food I've found so far), a set of plastic storage drawers -3 (they don't have to be large), and mealworms. Throw the mealworms in the grain meal and they'll do their thing.

Justin's right though, it can be time consuming. It will take several months to produce new meallies and you'll need to make sure they get water in things such as carrots or apples. You'll also have to store enough to get your geckos through the time needed for the beetles to produce new mealworms.

 

[jorgab1998]

I have done alot of research on that and it seems easy but a + on the time consuming part, I'm gonna use the screen method it seems alot easier rather than changing bins weekly and for some people say that carrots make a better resource of water then potato's and apples bc they don't mold as quickly

 

[BadKelpie]

I breed them. I find them exceedingly simple. But I don't do the sorting and sifting and all that. I even stopped giving them water a few months ago when it occurred to me that bugs that infest grain aren't given potatoes.

I put them in a small tub, add some oats or whole wheat flour (or both or whatever grain you like), stick them in the cupboard and forget about them. It works. If you feel like cleaning out the tub, just put the beetles and pupae in the new tub, and the mealworms as they pupate. Takes a little time to switch over, but pupae and beetles stay at the top so you don't have to sift for them.

Dubias are just as easy, but produce more.

 

[jorgab1998]

I breed them. I find them exceedingly simple. But I don't do the sorting and sifting and all that. I even stopped giving them water a few months ago when it occurred to me that bugs that infest grain aren't given potatoes.

I put them in a small tub, add some oats or whole wheat flour (or both or whatever grain you like), stick them in the cupboard and forget about them. It works. If you feel like cleaning out the tub, just put the beetles and pupae in the new tub, and the mealworms as they pupate. Takes a little time to switch over, but pupae and beetles stay at the top so you don't have to sift for them.

Dubias are just as easy, but produce more.

You dont put water and they go as same?

 

[BadKelpie]

No, I don't water the mealworms. Dubias, yes .

 

[EnchantmentGecko]

I use sliced carrots and find that they usually eat them in just a few hours. So I'll just throw a handful in a few times a week. No mold, no extra moisture, no mites. And it results in healthier mealworms for the geckos.