Part 2-Food And Water Requirments.
Dermestids,like all living organisms must eat and drink to stay alive and healthy.Here is just a few of the things i have tried that seem to work out well:
Cat food/Dog food
Goldfish crackers[makes them go insane and grow rapidly.]
Fish flakes/Fish pellets
Reptile bites/pellets
Amphipian Pellets
I have also made a tuturial on how to make Dermestid Chow Which can be found here:
http://dermestidfiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/dermestid-chow.html
All i do is place a little bit of food on one side of the inclosure
[Tips for making an inclosure can be found here:http://dermestidfiles.blogspot.com/2009/12/dermestid-carepart-1-making-perfect.html ]
as then the larvae and adults [which can't climb food dishes] can get to the food and eat/lay eggs in it.When your colony gets so big they eat all their food in one day make a food dish.Here is how i made mine:
Take one of those dishes that you get from take out at a pizza place.Clean it out with hot water and dry it.Cut to holes one on each side with a nife.I make it so some food falls out.Now the dermestids can just eat out of the food dish.If your colony gets to big for this method,do the same thing just with a bigger container with a lid.
Now for water Requirements.
If your scared of the babies dying in water then i suggest using water gel or cricket orange cub stuff.Don't worry if they dry out they stll eat them.If you don't have gel then a piece of papertowel that is moistened a bit but will go dry in about 10 hours or so.I've heard from others that you will never see your colony as active as after a light misting.
Well there you have it thats Part 2 of Dermestid Care.
In Part 3 We will talk about General Maintence Of Your Dermestid Colony!
-koolkid
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