Is there anyway to feed them so that the stay alive or reproduce? My son will cry for days when they die, mostly if it's only two week period.
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The gel they live in is also the ant' s nutrition. They are worker ants and all males. In an ant colony, there is only ever one female, the queen. The ants live about 2 months, which is their normal lifespan. You then unavailable to get new batch. You couldn't even keep "adding" New ants so as to constantly have live ones, as the would be killed by the original ants. In other words, you can't mix members of different colonies. Use it as a life lesson for your child, that death is a part of life.
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Mine lived for about 3 months. My daughter had a set and they lived about 4 months. You just need to open the lid once a week. There is no need to feed them because they eat the gel in the container. They will begin to run very wild when you open the lid. You may need to capture some that get out. I learned to capture them in a tuperware type container with tall sides. I could then scoop them back into the little tube that the ants came in and then dump them back into the Antworks container once I had cleaned out the dead parts. I took mine to work and kept them on my desk. We all enjoyed them especially that first week when they were building the tunnels. It was great! Enjoy! Mine lived for about 3 months. My daughter had a set and they lived about 4 months. You just need to open the lid once a week. There is no need to feed them because they eat the gel in the container. They will begin to run very wild when you open the lid. You may need to capture some that get out. I learned to capture them in a tuperware type container with tall sides. I could then scoop them back into the little tube that the ants came in and then dump them back into the Antworks container once I had cleaned out the dead parts. I took mine to work and kept them on my desk. We all enjoyed... » Read More Mine lived for about 3 months. My daughter had a set and they lived about 4 months. You just need to open the lid once a week. There is no need to feed them because they eat the gel in the container. They will begin to run very wild when you open the lid. You may need to capture some that get out. I learned to capture them in a tuperware type container with tall sides. I could then scoop them back into the little tube that the ants came in and then dump them back into the Antworks container once I had cleaned out the dead parts. I took mine to work and kept them on my desk. We all enjoyed them especially that first week when they were building the tunnels. It was great! Enjoy! « Show Less
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I don't know of a way. Ours lived a few weeks. But our sons enjoyed it until then.
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Worker ants are female. The only males are fertile males called "drones" and they take care of the "queens" which are the only fertile females.
677050
Wait them out. Ours took a few extra weeks to hatch. But then we had a tun of them. They like to take longer then the instructions lol
1771981
If you feed them dry oatmeal, and a carrot for water you can breed them, they will change into beetles in about 3-4 weeks... If you wan2 keep them longer as worms, you can put them in your frig, they will hybernate and stay worms longer, they will not die.. There are videos on YouTube you can see on breeding and care... Hops this helps you
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Kept mine in refrigerator for about 2 weeks. Feed them the sugar water They were fine. Just a few died
450117
Also add raw carrots for food. They don't live very long, especially if they get too hot. Many arrive already dead. They only live a few weeks anyway. I do not recommend buying 1,000 at a time. The seller refunded most of my money without any problem. I live in Texas, so the hot weather had a lot to do with it, I'm sure.
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Also, they don't eat things in the traditional term. It'll catch an insect and it'll be in the trap for a while before one day you realize it's been digested. Don't try to sit and watch it eat something because you'll be there a LONG time. Also, you can't put a fly or insect in its trap and have it stay and be digested. My kids tried more than a dozen times and if it doesn't catch it itself,it'll crawl back out. :)
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Because ism only feeding one bearded dragon the crickets lasted over a month! I have them fluckers orange feed and yellow diet (sold separately) ever couple of day at the bottom of the tank. Not the whole bottle just a small pile of each. They say you can slice up a potato and use that for food/water but my son frequently forgot.
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I have a 5 and 9 year old. They both love it. Kids need to be old enough to answer Jinn's questions about the animal. Ex. Does it eat mostly plants?, Does it live on the Savannah?
599629
I have a bearded dragon and these worms grow within a day or two and sometimes arrives already grown. I haven't had many die although I've fed them all to my beardie within two weeks.
479106
I have been feeding Kaytee mealworms to the bluebirds, wrens, cardinals, titmice, mockingbirds and towhees in my yard for several years. The birds bring their babies along to feed the mealworms to after they hatch. I do not think any have died from eating this product.
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I don't know how big you mean but keep leaving the stuff out. I guarantee it will not be around for long. You may have more than one. They aren't usually solitary critters.
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I put the pod and my son in the crib for a couple of nights then just transitioned him out of the Pod still in the crib. But if he can get out already don't do this! I would just lay him flat and let him cry it out for a few nights. They adjust quickly to change.
795360
Depending upon the age of your son I wouldn't as a safety (smothering/choking...) concern. I would recommend asking your pediatrician.
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It's been about two months now and Bonny and Clyde are doing much better. I took it really slow switching their food types..they were already having skin issues so I didn't want to shock their system. I think they will always have issues with grass but their hair and skin are looking much better. They do seem to be eating less too..which is always a good thing.
339896
comes with a year supply I think is what they say not sure that it will last that long. We feed more then 2 times a week like it says more like 3 times a week !
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No, you will still have to occasionally feed him and change his diaper once in a while. But I'm pretty sure Fisher Price is working on a product to automate those chores too.
2045787
make sure there is plenty of clean/flushable litter in the orange tray and just keep them on the orange tray for as long as it takes for them to get comfortable with it. Everytime they pee or poop give them a treat and only when they've been using the orange tray for a month or more with confidence should you change over to the green tray.