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Hawkeye
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Re: Question about feeding

Post: # 62701Post Hawkeye
Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:26 pm

magicisreal wrote:
Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:30 pm
Hawkeye wrote:
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:29 am
magicisreal wrote:
Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:53 am


What temperatures are best? Luckily summer is kinda ending, so it's not really hot outside
Depends on the species but in general 20 - 25 degrees
farenheit or celcius?
Celsius. Not sure how much that is in Fahrenheit. Room temperature is about 21 degrees celsius

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Re: Question about feeding

Post: # 62731Post antnest8
Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:29 am

At the begining i would feed
Them small foods like a fruit fly is popular or a cricket leg. Some thing one worker can carry. You should feed them in small increments until they stop taking food. Then you can wait a week before feeding them again. A larger colony feed them every 3-4 days at most. They can go for several weeks without food but it could be bad for the developing brood slowing growth.
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Re: Question about feeding

Post: # 62770Post magicisreal
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:53 pm

antnest8 wrote:
Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:29 am
At the begining i would feed
Them small foods like a fruit fly is popular or a cricket leg. Some thing one worker can carry. You should feed them in small increments until they stop taking food. Then you can wait a week before feeding them again. A larger colony feed them every 3-4 days at most. They can go for several weeks without food but it could be bad for the developing brood slowing growth.
Allright, I was worried that the feeding schedule would mess up how often I have to check on them, thanks for clearing that up!

Also, I'll probably use a cricket leg, yeah

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