superworms?

[fire-eyez]

hey I wanted to know if superworms were good for greys, diesel goes through the large mealworms like crazy lol so I was just wondering if superworms were just as good as mealworms..thank you....sorry for all the questions everywhere on the board....also anyone need protein and vit to make hhb because i tried maing them total disaster so im just going tobuy them made lol so first one to pm i would love to give you what i have left so it doesnt go to waste :)

[Skul]

There has been a some discussion on the superworms.
Main concern seems to be that hormones are used to get them that big.
Whether that's bad, I really don't know.
We do not feed them to ours.

Have you considered feeding chicken instead?

[CritterMom]

I got this chart off Exoticnutrition.com.

I think super worms are a unique species - even their care is different *if you have ever refrigerated them like the mealworms and found them all dead, you know that already!

The Phoenix worms are what we call waxworms.

[Pnerissa]

I got this chart off Exoticnutrition.com.

I think super worms are a unique species - even their care is different *if you have ever refrigerated them like the mealworms and found them all dead, you know that already!

The Phoenix worms are what we call waxworms.

Thank you for posting "where" you got this. I've been killing myself trying to find a place that I could order wax worms from to keep from driving 19 miles (one way) to Pet Smart to buy them! I think I'll be ordering online from now on. :D

Bev

[pappy1264]

Skul, you are thinking of "Mighty Mealies", superworms are something totally different (and those suckers BITE!)

You can get them here, too:

www.grubco.com

[CritterMom]

Thank you for posting "where" you got this. I've been killing myself trying to find a place that I could order wax worms from to keep from driving 19 miles (one way) to Pet Smart to buy them! I think I'll be ordering online from now on. :D

Bev

Bev, I used to order mealworms by the thousand lot when I was rehabbing the FLOCKS of barn swallows from the place I used to board my horse. Their prices are good and their service was as well, and the bugs I got were of much higher quality than what I could get at Petco. The squirrel food they advertise looks like crap to me, but their live stuff is pretty nice. Some attractive cages, too.

[Jackie in Tampa]

I killed 500 superworms in the fridge...:hissyfit :frustratedx
won't do that again!

lately, when chopping firewood, I have been finding...
THE WORLDS BIGGEST and ugliest GRUBS..omgosh they are revolting...
when the kids take the first bite from these white gross monsters with blue gray helmets, black yuck squirts out...I leave.

funny that I took a pic of them and this subject came up
{they are long gone this AM}...
I took it because they were sooo big,
all of these are bigger than most of my fingers...this is a big yogurt container. UGLY!:yuck

It was fun watching the flyers fight for them...
picture it...
wee little race cars hauling a big bad ass grub around...being chased by other desperate grub seeking minis!
No one shares.:nono
They love them!:surrender
PS...our releases and the local wilds, sit and wait for them...like vultures...even with the chainsaw crankin'!

[fire-eyez]

There has been a some discussion on the superworms.
Main concern seems to be that hormones are used to get them that big.
Whether that's bad, I really don't know.
We do not feed them to ours.

Have you considered feeding chicken instead?


they are given hormones?...i thought they were a larger and different specie then mealworms

[pappy1264]

Here is are two links to grubco, one for mighty mealies, the other for superworms. They don't 'say' they give em' hormones, but they do. (The beetles that come from mighties never 'have babies'.....wonder why that could be? Yeah, they give em' somethin' to get that big!)

http://grubco.netstorekeeper.com/index.cfm?Product_ID=4



http://grubco.netstorekeeper.com/index.cfm?Product_ID=9

There are pics with both. This is where I order my mealies (large, not mighties) from.

Oh, thanks Jackie, gonna have nightmares about them ugly suckers now!!! lol

[Rhapsody]

I use to own sugar gliders and I feed super worms to them all the time and Max the grey squirrel we had for 6 months before he was returned to the wild ate them all the time and had no problem with them.... just make sure you use tweezers to give them to your squirrel as they do bite (and dont worry your squirrel will soon learn to bite the worms head off first to stop them from biting - my sugar gliders did).

And Yes.... Pappy is right - The Mighty Worms are the ones Skul is referring to that are fed hormones to get them so big - - - - - But "Super Worms" are a different species all together and are safe to feed to gliders, flyers, wild squirrels and adult bearded dragons for treats or as extra protein in their diets.

Many people prefer super worms over meal worms as they do not require refrigeration..... and they remain a worm much longer before they transform into a beetle bug.

[mugzeezma]

I killed 500 superworms in the fridge...:hissyfit :frustratedx
won't do that again!

lately, when chopping firewood, I have been finding...
THE WORLDS BIGGEST and ugliest GRUBS..omgosh they are revolting...
when the kids take the first bite from these white gross monsters with blue gray helmets, black yuck squirts out...I leave.

funny that I took a pic of them and this subject came up
{they are long gone this AM}...
I took it because they were sooo big,
all of these are bigger than most of my fingers...this is a big yogurt container. UGLY!:yuck

It was fun watching the flyers fight for them...
picture it...
wee little race cars hauling a big bad ass grub around...being chased by other desperate grub seeking minis!
No one shares.:nono
They love them!:surrender
PS...our releases and the local wilds, sit and wait for them...like vultures...even with the chainsaw crankin'!
where do you get those???
They are much much bigger than anything i have seen here.
I have dug up lawn grubs and feed those...about the same size.

Ya'll have BUGZILLA's down there

Thanks Jackie I wanna get my named changed...:D

[Runestonez]

Is there a way to make them more attractive to greys?
Everytime I offer chicken or mealies to our squirrels they look at me like I am trying to kill them.
Malli has taken to snorting at them...:shakehead

[pappy1264]

None of my greys (four) will touch either mealies or waxworms. Fonzi used to LOVE any kind of bug, but not Pinkie, so maybe it is just an individual thing (many people like pepperoni pizza, but I HATE IT! lol)

[mugzeezma]

Is there a way to make them more attractive to greys?
Everytime I offer chicken or mealies to our squirrels they look at me like I am trying to kill them.
Malli has taken to snorting at them...:shakehead

Don't know what to tell you about that

Every squirrel i've offered a mealie to has gobbled it up.

[Runestonez]

Ours might be spoiled...:squirrel1

[mugzeezma]

Ours might be spoiled...:squirrel1

I think it's those yogurt filled booballs that did it...:shakehead

[Runestonez]

HEY!!!!
Think I could stuff a worm with yogurt?
Oh man...could you see Gordo's face if I tryed stuffing a worm in his booballs?
LMAO
I'd never be let back in the cage! :D

[mugzeezma]

HEY!!!!
Think I could stuff a worm with yogurt?
Oh man...could you see Gordo's face if I tryed stuffing a worm in his booballs?
LMAO
I'd never be let back in the cage! :D

that's one way to insure they won't be knocking on the door for goodies!:rotfl

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[Pnerissa]

Bev, I used to order mealworms by the thousand lot when I was rehabbing the FLOCKS of barn swallows from the place I used to board my horse. Their prices are good and their service was as well, and the bugs I got were of much higher quality than what I could get at Petco. The squirrel food they advertise looks like crap to me, but their live stuff is pretty nice. Some attractive cages, too.

I placed my first order today! The $5.99 shipping is a small price to pay in order to avoid Destin traffic. Hurray!!!

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[fire-eyez]

does anyone knowif greys can have hornworms ans silk worms....i am goin to the reptile show this upcoming weekend and wanted to know if i should pick some up for diesel..thanks ALSO ANY WHO MAKES THEIR OWN HHB PLEASE PM ME I HAVE SOME PROTEIN POWDER LEFT OVER AND VITS THAT I DONT WANT TO GO TO WASTE I DECIDED TO BUY THEM ALREADY MADE LOL TO MUCH WORK BETWEEN THAT AND MAKING MY GLIDERS DIET :) THANKS

[BamaHam]

I'm confused a little. Do you feed them live worms or the dead ones in a can or does it matter? My daughter raises mealworms(started as a class project) and feeds them oatmeal and apples.I don't know that they are nutritional for my grey.

[fire-eyez]

i feed mine live mealworms that provid them with protein, but you CAN give them freeze dry one/out of can...I breed my mealworms to....but i want to know if the can have live hornworms and silk worms

[BamaHam]

I guess I'll try to feed Hammy some of her live mealworms. What about live crickets? I heard that they eat bugs in the wild such as crickets.

[fire-eyez]

yes crickets are good for them to :)