Raising mealworms: growth and development

December 24, 2008 by Riley Kyrsten  
Filed under Food & Diet

Raising mealworms is very low maintenance and there will be little you will actually have to do other than maintain their food, clean their cage and move pupa, beetles etc. to their correct bins. Usually this only takes about 10 minutes out of the day. However there are a lot of things you can do to speed up the process and make sure the mealworms are healthy and juicy for your sugar gliders. Here are just a few tips and tricks that will make a big difference!

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Raising mealworms: Life cycle

December 20, 2008 by Riley Kyrsten  
Filed under Food & Diet

I’m sure you are curious how long it will take for you to get your mealworm farm up and running at a constant flow. True, it does take time, however there are some things you can do to speed up the process and things you can avoid to prevent slowing the process down. Here is a quick look at a mealworms life cycle and what you can expect to witness through your first batch of mealworms.

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Raising mealworms for your gliders or even profit!

December 17, 2008 by Riley Kyrsten  
Filed under Food & Diet

Keeping up with your sugar gliders diet can become expensive. Between fruit, vegetables and live insects, all things that go quickly and are not necessarily cheap, any ways you can find to save money, without going down in quality will help! Sure you can buy them freeze dried or in cans to preserve them, however they are much more expensive this way and you usually get a smaller quantity then paying the same price for them alive.

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