Nutritional value of silkworms?

How good are silk worms for my chams health,, and also how much should i give per feeding,,, srry complete noob to the cham comunity

Everything in Moderation

According to many, including Anole expert A. Lanolis, Silkworms are naturally the healthiest insect you can feed your pet. Silkworms are low in fat content and are a high source of Calcium, Vitamins B1, B2, and B3, Protein, Iron, Magnesium and Sodium.

Let's compare the value of the silkworm vs. the common cricket:


content . Silkworms . Crickets
Protein - 63.8% - 11.4%
Calcium - .34% - .08%
Fat - 10.6% - 22.7%
Carbohydrate - 18.2% - 56.0%
Ash - 7.4% - 9.9%

This analysis was completed by an external UKAS accredited laboratory.
The Silkworms were fed on a diet consisting entirely of Artificial Silkworm Diet.

Thanks! i hope my lil guy goes for them in the morning

I was always under the impression you only feed them worms once a week. After reading this I have to ask the question, is it okay for them to have more than one silk worm a week?

Astray said:

I was always under the impression you only feed them worms once a week. After reading this I have to ask the question, is it okay for them to have more than one silk worm a week?

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You can feed as many as you want. But you always want to switch feeders. Thee worms you want to use as a treat are wax worms and super worms.

Chams love worms so if you feed them worms to much they can start to refuse to eat anything else.

This is good to know, Farnsworth loves silk worms.

So If silk worms are really good for them could you not feed crickets and only a mix of different worms and roaches?

cslinca said:

So If silk worms are really good for them could you not feed crickets and only a mix of different worms and roaches?

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I wouldnt stop feeding crickets you always want to feed them a variety of feeders. If you do this your chances of a hungar strike will go away

if you want ur cham to really like being fed, get 'em some mantids, and maybe some blue bottle flies!

SSimsswiSS said:

According to many, including Anole expert A. Lanolis, Silkworms are naturally the healthiest insect you can feed your pet. Silkworms are low in fat content and are a high source of Calcium, Vitamins B1, B2, and B3, Protein, Iron, Magnesium and Sodium.

Let's compare the value of the silkworm vs. the common cricket:


content . Silkworms . Crickets
Protein - 63.8% - 11.4%
Calcium - .34% - .08%
Fat - 10.6% - 22.7%
Carbohydrate - 18.2% - 56.0%
Ash - 7.4% - 9.9%

This analysis was completed by an external UKAS accredited laboratory.
The Silkworms were fed on a diet consisting entirely of Artificial Silkworm Diet.

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So when your cham eats silkworms, would you then not use any supplements? I personally don't, but wanted your thoughts too for everyone reading this.

Mantids? What are those? Where can I get them? Xev gets a mixture of vegetation, gut loaded crickets dusted in calcium, wax worms, meal worms and flightless flies. I catch house flies for her in the summer too. I didn't know that silk worms were even an option! Where can I get silk worms? Would mantids be beneficial to my cham too?

mistikmaiden said:

Mantids? What are those? Where can I get them? Xev gets a mixture of vegetation, gut loaded crickets dusted in calcium, wax worms, meal worms and flightless flies. I catch house flies for her in the summer too. I didn't know that silk worms were even an option! Where can I get silk worms? Would mantids be beneficial to my cham too?

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mulberry farms (sponsor) sells silk worms
WC house flies are bacteria breeding grounds since they go on things like cow feces

mantids are the plural form of praying mantis

meal worms are not recommended to be fed because of them carrying almost no nutrition, try super worms instead

butter worms (mulberry farms) should replace waxworms as a treat because of butterworms high calcium and other nutrient contents and wax worms are just a ball of fat

mistikmaiden said:

Mantids? What are those? Where can I get them? Xev gets a mixture of vegetation, gut loaded crickets dusted in calcium, wax worms, meal worms and flightless flies. I catch house flies for her in the summer too. I didn't know that silk worms were even an option! Where can I get silk worms? Would mantids be beneficial to my cham too?

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Dont catch house flys and feed them to your cham thats a good way to start parasites...

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