My mealies smell like candy :)

[Linds]

LOL... ok so my mealworm colonies all stink like caramel. It's a pleasant odour, but I have absolutely no idea what it is caused from? I have never had this problem before in the past, I've always used the same formula for substrate and foods, and I have also had moldy colonies in the past and it isn't the same smell that resulted from that. I'm pretty stumped. Although it can't possibly be the substrate since for years I never had this problem, I keep them in a subtrate of

pablum (the mixed fruit type)
rolled oats
quinoia
12 grain mix
rye flakes
spirulina
wheat germ
red bran
white bran
oat bran
fish food flakes

and feed them for water all sorts of fruits, veggies, and greens such as:

collards
spring greens
orange pepper
kiwi
pears
strawberries
dandelion
grapes
mandarin oranges
cucumber
(etc, etc.....)

I just want to be sure whatever is causing this odour will not be causing any harm as well :confused:

[Jeff_Favelle]

I'll give you 5 bucks to eat a handful of mealies!

[Tim and Julie B]

They won't taste like caramel........it's more of a nutty flavour! :D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ewwwww! So you tried them??? LOL!

[Linds]

Oh geez.....lol.....least those are better than the waxies or supers I have been designated to eat this weekend! :p Twinkles the silkworm last show was tasty :flick:

[Tim and Julie B]

Yeah alcohol and bets.......they taste like almonds. :p Still not as funny as my friend changing his scrub pythons water dish that same night. He moved the dish and the big female was hiding behide it and ended up jumping out the cage....."ah mem-ories!"- in your best Ren voice.

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
I'll give you 5 bucks to eat a handful of mealies!

Don't do it bro!! I told her i would buy her a drink at the last show if she ate a silk worm.. How'd the drink taste Linds?? Still gotta get those pics posted..

[Invictus]

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

[Derrick]

hehe I chewed up a couple of mealies for a kokanee t-shirt, they wernt bad

[Linds]

Originally posted by Matt_K
How'd the drink taste Linds??

Rye & ginger's alway yummy :flick: Did ya mean the worm? :D That tasted pretty good too...lol... like a tubular marshmallow filled with squirty fruity juicy stuff :p

[Matt_K]

no, i meant the drink, just showing that i ended up having to buy you the drink.. lol

[silke]

mealies smelling like candy is a good thing not a problem :D
it's when they stink like decomp that somethings wrong

[Linds]

Ah good, that's what I needed to hear....lol :p

[daver676]

Originally posted by Invictus
My cat's breath smells like cat food.

It tastes like burning!

[Linds]

Originally posted by daver676
It tastes like burning!

LOL that's my favourite Ralph quote EVER! I probably say it too much for my own good....lol :p