I am raising superworms so I can eventually be self sufficient in my Chinese Water Dragon's staple food supply. But I will be needing to make some food for them, and its got to be nutritious (obviously).

So I am going to go to the grocery and get foodstuffs to be dround up as food for them. What do I get? What dry foods will be good for them and in essence good for my Chinese Water Dragon? Powdered milk? Oatmeal?

Any help will be helpful, by definition.

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Here is Herpcenters guide to breeding supers

http://www.herpcenter.com/showthread...0393#post60393

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:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Nice. I have everything but the babyfod here already. I suippose Cheerios will suffice for a multigrain cereal.. I dont have to go to the store! More importantly, I dont have to spend any money

Thanks, Venus.

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Keep in mind that it takes nearly a year before they reach feeding size. At least that's what a superworm grower told me at a show onetime.

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Wow.. I had no idea.. I guess Ive still got a while of buying his food..

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How many beetles do I need to have them make me supers? I pupated ~twelve a few weeks ago and I have yet to see any little wiggly things. (two have since died leaving me with ten)

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will be a looong time until you see the little wriggly things...tiny!

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Oh. OK.. The guide says "these are the expected time frames you will be looking at:
Eggs - 1 - 2 weeks
Larvae - 8 -10 weeks"

I guess I got ahead of myself thinking that 8-10 weeks was until feeding size. Now I realize thats just till hatching of the eggs... But should I have more than ten beetles, or does it all depend on how many supers I need them to produce?

Thanks for all the help, guys and gals..

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Sorry I use only crickets, and mealies! I just feed them gutload! Ha so I can't help....But I wanted to say good luck!

When I was breeding them I had about 30 beetles, but I was feeding an army. I've switched to just having a colony of normal mealies. That way everyone benefits from it and I dont have to have mealies for the frogs and supers for the bigger lizards.

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