Ya man.... duno what's the problem... probably tomorrow, i will try again... wanna see if i dare to cut off the head and let them smell the mealworms...

No problem with them. Just they never eat before and dunno that's good food. Try to feed them during their makan time when they are looking for food. Once they tried it, sure they love it

no brand, they sealing their own.

wanna ask, is pet shack open on saturday evening?

Yes. They open till 8pm if I'm not mistaken. Went there last Saturday You going there?

maybe, if going for steamboat la.. c first

Okie, i will try few more times... just now only manage to take Baby out... Hammy and Sappy was sleeping, so i didn't take them out. (now im at work, graveyard shift... kekeke)

Oh, and for the newspaper, those are for the mealworms, not the bedding for hamsters. Do i need to put the hamsters inside that tupperware with mealworms?? I just took out a few and put on the tupperware cover but Baby didn't noticed it i guess...

Question: Gut load means?? mix together??

Yes, gonna use that forceps / tweezer to do it... hehehhee

Gut load means feed the worms fat fat before feeding it to your hamsters. She means newspaper bedding for the worms, not your hamsters.

I used to put my hammy into a small empty tank and feed him 1 by 1 so they won't leave the remaining part of the worms everywhere in their tank. I scared the remaining part of worms will get rotten and make the tank smell and dirty. Also I feel gerli if I touch it when I handle my hammies and my hammies body also might stick with those parts

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Added on April 24, 2008, 12:36 amMy hammies did chasing after the forceps instead of the worm itself cos the forceps got the smell of the 'worm juice' when I use that to crush the head I think they thought the forceps is the one yummy...

This post has been edited by sangels: Apr 24 2008, 12:36 AM

This forceps / tweezer that i got just now, is for those ppl who make cloths... it's RM1.50 only.




This post has been edited by hooverbell: Apr 24 2008, 12:45 AM

I meant the bedding for the mealworms... coz if the mealworms eat the newspaper and your hamster eat the mealworms... poison loh. That's toxic!

If you feed the mealworms to your hamsters or any animal without letting the mealworms to eat nutritional things, then it is plain worthless to feed mealworms. You want your hamster to get high protein and high nutrition. So you of course need to feed the mealworms with veggie and high protein food like dried cat food. You have to let them gut load 24 to 48 hours before feeding to any pets.

hooverbell,

What are you trying to say??? I don't really understand leh....

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Added on April 24, 2008, 12:44 amCan put dry dog food ar? How about those worms bedding? I saw someone using oats, what are the other alternative? What can we put inside with the mealworms to gut load them? Thanks!

This post has been edited by sangels: Apr 24 2008, 12:51 AM

haha...coz i feeding Robo ham...
they wont come near my hand ....
but with worms....hoho...here they come...
i need to use this to tempt them...lol...
coz they seldom come to me...n will run away for sure...lol.

Hmm... then they are not coming for your hand also la, they are coming for the worms...LOL

Dried dogfood also can. It is better not to use oats coz apparently when oats become wet, it causes mold to grow. I rather see them eat the veggies and dogfood. I don't use any bedding for mine. You should only use oats if you wanna breed your own... which i think is not much since buying RM1 to feed is easier than waiting a few months for them to breed.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Apr 24 2008, 12:48 AM

Oooo... ok ok. Thanks! Wanna go and buy mealworms for my hammies as they love it.

wait for them to breed? the mealworms? i thot who said the worms will become beetle if put few months...

OOOHHH... NOW I GET U... Thanks for the explanation....

coz putting newspaper was what the auntie from the aquarium shop taught me... so i follow loo... okok, tmr i will put some vegies / cat food for the mealworms to gut load 24 - 48 hrs first...

goodness, this is like i'm raring the mealworms pulak... hahha

hi, is there anyone who can help me...
where i can find any mealworms near bangsar?

The 'who' is Blurjoey la. He told me is 90 days. I don't wanna my house full of beetles, so scary... Not going to breed those wormies also.

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Added on April 24, 2008, 12:54 amI think you gotta look for aquarium shop lor.

This post has been edited by sangels: Apr 24 2008, 12:54 AM