Well I just ran out of mealies...

[bubblez825]

I just got abunch of Superworms from Rainbow. I think they said August when they will have reg. sized mealworms. I don't have many hatchlings now so I been ordering Supers. If I order Giants, the heatwave kills them faster then the leopard geckos eat them so its great to keep most in the fridge and keep out a couple days worth.

I thought if you keep supers in the fridge, you kill them :main_huh:?

 

[LeopardLunatic]

some of the people that arnt experiencing the shortage should buy massive amounts of mealies and sell them to us lol

 

[PacHerp]

some of the people that arnt experiencing the shortage should buy massive amounts of mealies and sell them to us lol

I can get a crap load of mealies, giant mealies, and super worms from my local pet store... they are still getting a supply from Rainbow... :main_evilgrin:

 

[LeopardLunatic]

yeah ur lucky I could prolly still get some if i wanted to drive 2 hours to a not so local pet store but then im paying $2 a dozen

 

[brad.a.c]

I would but I really don't have the money. I'm only 14 (turning 15 next month) and I really don't have a "real" job. I have like 200 now and I trying to start a colony but I have a feeling I'm going to fail at that since it's such a small collection of them.

 

[LeopardLunatic]

hey man dont worry bout it i started my colony with 60 about a year ago unfortunately it isnt strong enough to support 5 geckos yet but as soon as the babies i have now from the smaller offshoot colonies that i just found (stashed em away for a rainy day and just found em) ill start working on gettting a strong colony going

 

[Kristi23]

Those are all gone now, too. Sorry. If I find more, I'll make sure to post it.

 

[Ccrashca069]

I thought if you keep supers in the fridge, you kill them :main_huh:?

I have both. I know one kind you can have in the fridge and the other kind you can't. Its too hot to look for my invoice to see which is which.

 

[techgirl]

Yeah well, I figure for now I'll do the crix. When I get the extra funds, I'll switch over to roaches and start a small colony to have awhile. Can't wait for my mealies to breed

 

[spykerherps]

We just talked with John from EBV today, about the regular mealworm shortage. and he said he doesn't care if he doesn't see another regular mealworm. I have been feeding small or baby Kings and they are working great and in his opinion they are better then regular mealworms, they are softer bodied not having as hard a shell as the others and more nutritious.

 

[Tanner505Geckos]

Im breeding super worms wax worms meal worms and gaint meal worms and discoid and lobster roachs im pretty good for a while and with the meal worm shortage just switch to super worms my leos couldnt tell the difference between the to

 

[Ccrashca069]

We just talked with John from EBV today, about the regular mealworm shortage. and he said he doesn't care if he doesn't see another regular mealworm. I have been feeding small or baby Kings and they are working great and in his opinion they are better then regular mealworms, they are softer bodied not having as hard a shell as the others and more nutritious.

For what it is worth, I don't believe much of anything they say. They use wood shavings as substract for leopard geckos as well.

 

[kmc5]

I am going to the Kalamazoo Rep Show in hopes of that odd vendor showing up and a private stash of mealworms.

 

[hoppslover]

I felt pretty lucky that I picked up 2000 mealworms and 1000 giants about 3 weeks ago. Not real big on the giants, but my colony of mealworms is getting closer to being established. I am getting all kinds of little ones crawling around in the container. So hopefully soon I will be self sufficient.

 

[Kristi23]

I was able to pick up 1000 at a show last weekend, so there are some still out there. I'm trying to get a lot so I don't run out and we're going to start breeding them incase this happens again. I can't get mine to eat the supers even when dusted in calcium plus. They're picky! Between all the places I've purchased them, I will have about 18K which should get me thru the shortage as long as tons don't die.

Here is another auction for anyone interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320271911071&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011

Keep checking with these people. They list more every so often.

And this store just added more:
http://www.exoticnutrition.com/LIVE-INSECT.htm

Hope that helps some of you.

 

[thekooliest]

Im breeding super worms wax worms meal worms and gaint meal worms and discoid and lobster roachs im pretty good for a while and with the meal worm shortage just switch to super worms my leos couldnt tell the difference between the to

lol WOW

xD

 

[mmbabineaux]

I bought 2k mealworms from http://www.armstrongcricket.com/index.htm last week and they seem to still have plenty. Their prices don't seem to bad either.

 

[JordanAng420]

Mike, did you recieve them okay? Were they good-quality mealworms? I just placed an order for mealies and waxies myself. Hope I got there in time.

 

[mmbabineaux]

I received them the next day and they were fine. They seemed a bit small for mediums but that was it. I've actually used some of them to start my own colonly. lol

 

[spykerherps]

For what it is worth, I don't believe much of anything they say. They use wood shavings as substract for leopard geckos as well.

I am sorry you don't have any confidence in the opinion of the owner of one of the largest and most successful reptile stores in the US they breed many of there own species there, including leopard geckos so they must be doing something right .
Leopard geckos have been living on and among natural substrates and surviving and evolving for thousands of years look at their terrain in the wild. packed and loose clays rocks stones pebbles sands.
many of us breeders including myself keep our leos on paper towels. Granted wood chips are not the best, but if they were having any kind of impaction problems from the substrate they are using I think they would change it.
Would you criticize some of the well known breeders on here for using loose substrates like wood chips?