Posted By: Bob Jameson
Dermestid Beatles - 02/14/24 05:47 PM
Those that have used them commercially, how large of a colony would I need to clean a bunch of skulls and how long would it take to clean them? It has been years since I have had them but only had a limited amount of them at one time.
I ran out of meat to feed my colony and decided to feed them some of our put up predator bait, both beaver and cat meat. I had lots on hand.
Not thinking about it at the time of the feeding, that the meat had been preserved with some SB and other preservatives. Long story short the treated preserved meat killed my entire colony in a week or so.
I would check on them every few days and you could see them moving in the media that they lived in. I began to take notice that I could no longer see the bedding moving so I dug thru some of it to learn all my beetles were dead.
Now I have dozens of skulls I need to clean. Mostly beaver and cat skulls.
I ran out of meat to feed my colony and decided to feed them some of our put up predator bait, both beaver and cat meat. I had lots on hand.
Not thinking about it at the time of the feeding, that the meat had been preserved with some SB and other preservatives. Long story short the treated preserved meat killed my entire colony in a week or so.
I would check on them every few days and you could see them moving in the media that they lived in. I began to take notice that I could no longer see the bedding moving so I dug thru some of it to learn all my beetles were dead.
Now I have dozens of skulls I need to clean. Mostly beaver and cat skulls.