Mold in mealworm colony, safe to feed?

[mjzheng]

I know in general mold is pretty harmless to tarantulas . I had two separate little enclosures for my mealworms, one adult/darkling beetles and one started baby mealworms ...one of them I had accidentally left something in that molded some of the oatmeal pretty bad- greenish mold ? for a 3in x 3in patch . I sifted out as much bad oatmeal as I could and put the adults back into the other enclosure but some of the mold dust Went over too .

that was a couple months ago and things have been relatively mold free ever since -- I have not had an outbreak. (I increased ventilation considerably .) Anyway , I now have several large worms and was wondering if they're safe to feed my slings. They possibly ate or lived in partly moldy stuff for a bit so wasn't sure. I figure it's fine but this is my first feeder colony so wasn't 100%

 

[vancwa]

Yes, safe to feed to T's. In the wild they have been found in rotting moldy logs. Mold spores are everywhere.

 

[moricollins]

Yes, safe to feed to T's. In the wild they have been found in rotting moldy logs. Mold spores are everywhere.

Agreed.
You'll want to have more ventilation in your mealworm colony but safe for the tarantula to eat the mealworms

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Yeah, they're fine to feed.

 

[mjzheng]

Thanks all , happy Ts