superworms smell like shi*

yup.....put it somewhere else? I have a basement in Canada so I keep it in my cold room...but in your condo it's going to be tough....I'd keep it where you have it now but perhaps buy some nice smelly stuff from the grocery store and stick them near the SW?
 
I just bought 50 SW today from my LFS; they keep them in shredded coconut shell of all things. It seems to absorb the smell pretty well. I will try to find out where they get their shredded coconut shell from.
 
get some oat meal.... put a small layer of that in a container.. then dump the worms in... add a slice of potatoe every other day, taking the old slice out.. the potatoe is for mosture for the worms.

The oat meal is food/bedding for the worms, and absorbs some of the smell.. cover the container, with only a few holes in it, and you wont smell a thing.

Makes you worms last a long time as well, enableing you to buy more at one time(getting a quanity discout) , and a longer lasting supply.

Surface area is more improtant than heigth for the container. only needs to be 2-3" tall.. they wont be able to climb out if your using a platic container, and a layer of oat meal just enough to cover the bottom.
 
Cirrus said:
I just bought 50 SW today from my LFS; they keep them in shredded coconut shell of all things. It seems to absorb the smell pretty well. I will try to find out where they get their shredded coconut shell from.
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At one of the LFS I worked at we used to do this. It keeps the smell way down and also good for keeping the SW watered. We used to mist them once a day. Healthy and fat
 
I think that is the same stuff I use for my snakes, I think that it is sometimes called Zoo Med Eco Earth. It absorbs water really well to keep the humidity up for my snakes and reduces odour.

I use oatmeal for my sw that I buy in lots of 500 and keep them in a spare 5g aquarium. I add cut up carrots every day for moisture and gut loading. I feed them to my red aro and 3 bearded dragon lizards.
 
when i over feed my SW with foods that contains too much water. (ie. lettuce, cheeries etc.) it smells like ass.. kill them and throw it out. its not worth the time and effort to clean this nasty smelling mess.
with your new batch i would put 2" of bran or oatmeal as bedding and feed it potato or carrots once or twice a week, just enough to stop them from eatting each other. or get mealworms and keep them in the fridge
 
i used to freeze my SW and crickets right away....never feed the aro or tigers live ones...got them used to eating them dead ones so never had to worry about trying to keep them alive.....
 
motoro said:
get some oat meal.... put a small layer of that in a container.. then dump the worms in... add a slice of potatoe every other day, taking the old slice out.. the potatoe is for mosture for the worms.

The oat meal is food/bedding for the worms, and absorbs some of the smell.. cover the container, with only a few holes in it, and you wont smell a thing.

Makes you worms last a long time as well, enableing you to buy more at one time(getting a quanity discout) , and a longer lasting supply.

Surface area is more improtant than heigth for the container. only needs to be 2-3" tall.. they wont be able to climb out if your using a platic container, and a layer of oat meal just enough to cover the bottom.
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Yep, this is exactly how I do it and it works like a dream.
 
I house 1000 SW's in a plastic container (from dollar store) 14 inch x 8 inches, poke a bunch of holes on the lid and fill with unfertilized potting soil. Change the soil every three weeks and you can keep them for months with no smell at all.

Using fine oatmeal is also ok, except you need to keep it very dry otherwise it will start moulding.
 
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