Anyone ever feed mealworms

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Carolina Scientific sells them for somewhere around $20/ 1,000 count, and they last months without even feeding, so ultimately it is probably more expensive to culture... But science is fun! I will let you know how this run goes. As for my mealworm culture, I throw them potatoes when they sprout before we use them, and ends of carrots/squash/green beans etc, whatever comes out of the kitchen as waste...
 
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[QUOagan="BrookKeeper, post: 7333436, member: 139600"]Carolina Scientific sells them for somewhere around $20/ 1,000 count, and they last months without even feeding, so ultimately it is probably more expensive to culture... But science is fun! I will let you know how this run goes. As for my mealworm culture, I throw them potatoes when they sprout before we use them, and ends of carrots/squash/green beans etc, whatever comes out of the kitchen as waste...[/QUOTE]
Thx again for sharing I culture micro worms myself from 1 culture, December will be 2yrs.:)
 
Sorry, tlindsey, most of that was towards aquanero regarding super worms. Meal worms are super easy to culture, and well worth it. Didnt mean to cause confusion...
 
Brapologieseeper said:
Sorry, tlindsey, most of that was towards aquanero regarding super worms. Meal worms are super easy to culture, and well worth it. Didnt mean to cause confusion...
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Oh no! No apologies necessary I knew you were informing Aquanero about the superworms.:)
 
tanyaelec11 said:
my fish love superworms and mealworms but I don't like them !! They pinch ! ouch !
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I bought superworms for my blue tongued skink and my horned frog today, and I put the leftover ones in a styrofoam box like you get nightcrawlers in... and they ate their way out. D:

I'm glad I beheaded all the ones I fed off, yikes!
 
Bottomfeeder said:
I bought superworms for my blue tongued skink and my horned frog today, and I put the leftover ones in a styrofoam box like you get nightcrawlers in... and they ate their way out. D:

I'm glad I beheaded all the ones I fed off, yikes!
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They will chew through soft materials like styrofoam, but even tuperware containers are enough to hold them. While it isn't a bad idea to pinch their heads off when feeding to soft bodied herps like frogs and toads, I doubt that the frog or toad would allow the worms to chew on them. It isn't like they are going to aggressively pursue a frog as prey... The bigger advantage to popping their heads off is that they won't burrow in your substrate, and your herps will have a chance to eat them.
 
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