De-activated woodies???

[agrrr1]

I was in a pet shop yesterday & picked up a box of "woodies"(pisces)
I was reading the writing on the bottom of the box & it read ...Large woodies (de-activated) any one know what this means?
I emailed Pisces for an explanation ..NO reply.

[Umbral]

It seems roaches are programmed to take over the world by aliens, those ones have had their processing unit removed.

[black_headed_mon]

sure they weren't fly pupae???

[saximus]

Possibly they can't be used for breeding in your own colony?

[leamos]

I've had tubs of pisces woodies multiple, although don't ever remember seeing them labelled as 'de-activated', had a look at their website and the only place they mention 'deactivated' is in relation to fly pupae. Let us know what they say IF they ever get back to you

[agrrr1]

Sorry people looks like I might have stuffed up(again) reading the label. I have been informed by a mate that the deactivated was underneath the fly pupae probably relating to that. If that is so it is easily misread as as I asked the store manager & he read it the same way as me!! oh well

[SamNabz]

Just a friendly tip, try to buy your woodies from a private breeder such as Livefoods Unlimited. Stay away from the commercial stuff..

[Umbral]

Or better yet, breed your own it's really easy and cheap. If you breed them yourself you have the added bonus of knowing they are up to your high standards. I bought mine to start with then started breeding them. They don't smell as badly as I expected them too and I have an almost endless supply

[saximus]

They don't smell as badly as I expected them too and I have an almost endless supply

And if you make a little "bio-dome" with some soil and mealworms in the bottom there's virtually no smell at all

[Umbral]

Thats a great idea Sax! Is there a thread up already about it to save me asking and someone typing how to do it?

[saximus]

breeding woodies

Mine isn't on as big a scale as this (only need it for a couple of Ackies) but yeah works pretty nicely

[leamos]

+1 on the mealworm suggestion, I added a few dozen to my tub a few months ago, completely fixed my fruit fly problem. I started with a few hundred med and large woodies from a breeder and 9 mths later I have thousands, and I mean thousands. I feed mine a mix of rolled oats, fishfood flakes, cat biscuits and calcium/vit powder, and just throw them any veg scraps I have for moisture

[Umbral]

Thanks Sax, I'll be taking a look at that for sure