Post by Beechnut on Jun 9, 2020 14:47:22 GMT
The Mealworm order saga continues:-
Catchup - I ordered 500g of Regular mealworms from Livefoodsdirect on 1st June to be sure that I had some for 5th/6th June when I anticipated running out of the current supply and LFD advised that they were rationing customers to a maximum of 500g per week, as they were experiencing larger numbers of orders and this could cause a shortage.
When I hadn't received anything by the 5th, I emailed LFD to find out what the position was, but as I didn't get a reply I ordered 500g of mealies and 100 waxies from waxwormsuk, which I received on Saturday morning.
Continuing - On Monday midday the order from LFD arrived - slightly battered but OK inside.
On Monday afternoon I had an email from LFD to ask me if the order had arrived, to which I replied in the affirmative.
Today I had another email from LFD to inform me that they had despatched the original order on 1st June and another one had been despatched yesterday, and asked if that one had arrived!
In the meantime, on Monday morning because of the possible impending shortage and/or rationing, I ordered another 500g of mealies from WWUK to see me through to fledging and for the time that the fledglings needed their natural diet supplementing.
Now because of the arrival of the 500g yesterday from LFD and the possible arrival of another 500g from them (heaven knows when or if), and the 500g ordered and despatched from WWUK I shall have between 1 and 1.5kg of mealies by the time the Famous Five fledge. My birds in the garden area will think it's Christmas again! At least the robin is feeding his youngsters well from the tobacco tin in top of a fence post - sadly though the nest is not in my garden.
Catchup - I ordered 500g of Regular mealworms from Livefoodsdirect on 1st June to be sure that I had some for 5th/6th June when I anticipated running out of the current supply and LFD advised that they were rationing customers to a maximum of 500g per week, as they were experiencing larger numbers of orders and this could cause a shortage.
When I hadn't received anything by the 5th, I emailed LFD to find out what the position was, but as I didn't get a reply I ordered 500g of mealies and 100 waxies from waxwormsuk, which I received on Saturday morning.
Continuing - On Monday midday the order from LFD arrived - slightly battered but OK inside.
On Monday afternoon I had an email from LFD to ask me if the order had arrived, to which I replied in the affirmative.
Today I had another email from LFD to inform me that they had despatched the original order on 1st June and another one had been despatched yesterday, and asked if that one had arrived!
In the meantime, on Monday morning because of the possible impending shortage and/or rationing, I ordered another 500g of mealies from WWUK to see me through to fledging and for the time that the fledglings needed their natural diet supplementing.
Now because of the arrival of the 500g yesterday from LFD and the possible arrival of another 500g from them (heaven knows when or if), and the 500g ordered and despatched from WWUK I shall have between 1 and 1.5kg of mealies by the time the Famous Five fledge. My birds in the garden area will think it's Christmas again! At least the robin is feeding his youngsters well from the tobacco tin in top of a fence post - sadly though the nest is not in my garden.