Mealworms, mold, and feeding

[Chris_Skeleton]

So here's my situation. I purchased 500 mealworms to use as feeders for my Ts. Well they ate all the bran so I put them in oatmeal. I have them in a container on my shelf and at some point, it acquired some moisture and molded. It never got way out of hand like growing or anything, but it was still mold. It has since dried out, but there is still green in there.

My question is can mealworms that have consumed mold harm my tarantulas?

If so, I'll just let them all turn into beetles and let them breed.

 

[Mammothdog]

It depends it shouldn't hurt your T but to be safe I would let them turn into beetles.. And make sure you clean out the mealworms enclosure.

 

[Spiderman24]

I wouldn't advise feeding them just in case man wouldn't want to risk it.

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I would move the container away from your t's (if close) because some molds can be.airborne and you don't want that

 

[AttChiT]

use carrots or potato for the moisture for the worms..

 

[JC]

Throw away as much of the green stuff it as you can. Even if the mealworm consumed mold doesn't affect your T, the worms are still covered in the stuff as they tunnel through it.

 

[redrumpslump]

Yea I posted a similar post a year or so ago about dubias eating mold. Got the same basic answer from JC from everyone else. There is no risk they eat mold in the wild and then are ate by their prey with no problem.

Matt