The net is a nylon stocking. I ordered the white worms from angelsplus.com. They come as a small starter culture. I used an old ice cream tub filled with soil to hold them. You can feed them dry cat food or instant mashed potatoe flakes. Also it took my mandarin a while to realize that food was in the feeder. I started dropping white worms on top of the feeder and eventually he started eating from it. Hope this helps:)
