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Message: <blockquote data-quote="etta" data-source="post: 140364" data-attributes="member: 3994">Hi all,If there is another post about this then I apologize, but I looked around and couldn't find anything that would really help me. So a week or two ago I put a couple baby carrots in with my mealworms. They're just in the default container, plastic one about 5 inches in diameter, from Petco. I was stupid and didn't consider the possibility of the carrots molding, so I was quite surprised when I opened the lid today. The oat-like stuff that they come in was covered in mold, and there was a huge chunk of the moldy carrots throughout the entire container. Super nasty. I chucked out the moldy oat-like stuff and cleaned the container and filled it with new steelcut oats, no carrots. Will I still be able to feed the worms to my T? If not, then that's okay and I will get new ones (lesson learned), but would love to keep the ones I got.One more thing, the mealworms grew A LOT ever since I put the carrots in and that maybe is a good sign that they're healthy and all, but I worry about them turning into beetles. I got a tarantula to conquer my arachnophobia (it worked!), but other bugs still give me the heebie jeebies. I am nervously awaiting the day I open the container to see a huge darkling beetle. Eek. Anyway, the mealworms are freaking huge and I have a feeling they might change soon. I'm wondering a) is there any way to maybe... slow down the process? b) can tarantulas eat darkling beetles? c) there is a substantial amount of worms, so is the container big enough? (It's about 5' in diameter and about 3' deep)Hopefully someone can help me out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> thanks so much</blockquote>

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