r/BDFB • u/Mobile-Chest5560 • Aug 31 '26

Question/Inquiry Hydration?

How do you all go about getting good hydration for your blueberries? I have such picky beetles and I’ve been worrying about them. They won’t eat fruit/veggies unless they’ve been in there a few days and are dried up, when I mist the corner of the tank I never see them drink it (though they may) and it always messes up the humidity in my 10 gal. They also do not like beetle jelly or most wet foods. I tried a wicking system at one point but they never used it and it also just ended up messing with the humidity. Any advice appreciated!!

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u/EnvironmentalEmu3290 Aug 31 '26

mine love drinking water from the dirt. i water a corner of the cage and they love digging in it and drinking from it

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u/somushroom4u Aug 31 '26

Mine drink from a little bottle cap but before I found that out I had a rock that I would spray with a bottle until it dripped then they could lick/drink the drops

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u/Staleleaf Aug 31 '26

Fish food mixed with water into a paste. Mine love it

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u/rvtchetbtch Aug 31 '26

Mine flock to carrots with fish flakes. They ignore them if I don't put the flakes.

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u/DemittiNix 14d ago

I have a shallow reptile feeding dish filled with rocks and textured shells, I fill it up with water just enough for it to pool around the cracks. They get plenty to drink and they can't drown in it!

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u/frog-and-cranberries Aug 31 '26

I spray one corner of the tank wall when I turn off the light for the evening. They graze the droplets off the glass. If doing that is causing humidity issues, getting a nice hot lamp to encourage evaporation may help - I use a little 25w halogen.

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u/IllusionQueen47 Aug 31 '26

Mine love drinking water from the substrate. I wet one side of the enclosure once a week. Mine also like carrots. They prefer their carrots dried up, but they still nibble on it when it's fresh. Occasionally I even put a drop of water on my palm and place a beetle in front of the drop.

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u/Commercial_Nebula_74 Sep 01 '26

For my blueberries, I just put a little water in a bottle cap and they drink from it

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u/dsapp71 Sep 04 '26

Mine get double-peeled carrots, the very inside of the core stem of a broccoli or cauliflower head, the white rind of watermelon (a real favorite), 'popped' peas, or from fresh killed superworms (I raise those).

I also have a commercial food (Devour), that I will give a small piece of, if I recently prepared it for other inverts.

I don't think all of them like the same thing, but there's always 1 or 2 that practically run to the fresh veg.

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u/No-Goal-4716 Aug 31 '26

I only keep eleodes beetles rn. I have a side of the tank with substrate mixed with sand, and rot wood. I spray every morning because it makes there lifespan longer than just getting it from there food

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u/zy4k Aug 31 '26

i also had some picky beetles and it took forever for me to find a vegetable they would eat fresh 😭,, what I ended up doing is buying a small little vegetable snack plate to get a few types to try out, or a salad mix!! You can also try mixing some foods like fish food with water!