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[mzfckr]

i had no anserws so i maked a new topic.
does myrmica rubra eat milk,cheeze,bread,meat?

[mpir]

I gave them piece of liver once and they loved it. Didn´t care much for the chicken tho.

[tail__]

Milk products aren't good for ants. Some ants do eat bread, and most of them like meat, but they have very different tastes.

[Phasmid]

I don't know about bread and milk, but they should accept cheese or meat, my ants have done so in the past.

[mpir]

I offered once bread to rubras but they ignored it. Some messor species would eat bread but not rubras.

[JimmyVe]

Try it out, every species and every colony is different so try to give them bread ore meat and see if they like it.

[SteveUK28]

Just wondering here but when u say meat what do u mean.. Like a peice of beef.. and if so cooked?? or do u mean like some spam.. or ham??

[JimmyVe]

I never tried it myself steve, but i heard of people giving them ham and beef (not cooked) and that they accepted it. So maybe it is worth a try.

[mpir]

I´ve never fed them with spam or other processed meat. When I say liver I mean liver. And chicken meat was from the chicken leg. All the meat I offered them was raw. Some they liked some not. And it is true that this varies from colony to colony.

[mzfckr]

Just wondering here but when u say meat what do u mean.. Like a peice of beef.. and if so cooked?? or do u mean like some spam.. or ham??

yes.

but another question. cant there be some bacteria in raw ham,beef..?or the shops guarantee they are 100% bacteria free(i dont know this because im not very active meat(ham,beef...) eater.

[mpir]

Yes, what? LOL

Anyway, nobody can guarantee that something raw is 100% bacteria free. It has to be cooked or fried or otherhow thermaly processed to be sure of that - for a certain time. Of course, I removed the meat after few hours and did not let it in there for few days.

[tail__]

Of course there WILL be a lot of bacteria, as in every natural food! Don't be paranoid, every predators, including ants, eat raw and often half rotten meat full of every kind of bacteria. We, the animals, lived with bacteria for millions years. More dangerous are various artificial chemical elements which can be found in meat products from shops...

[SteveUK28]

hmm any1 tried there ants with fish??

[mzfckr]

yes i know that tail,i just think its the same as the insect boiling...

[JimmyVe]

Fish not, fish flakes are well accepted by much species.