2 new colonies is about to get started

[Chameleons Lover]

Hi all
i am going to start 2 new colonies meal worms and crickets but i need some one expert with this thing and tell me how to start it

1-how many worms to start with?
2-whats the size of the container?
3-when i know that my worms are ready to be fed?
4-do i feed them daily or weekly?
5-whats the temperature do they need any kind of light?
6-what to feed the worms?
7-what to put in the bottom of the container?
and with the crickets how to do it

its better to give me pics so i can see how its done
and thank you all
-Faisal-

 

[Manik6]

You can check out youtube. But why meal worms? They are not really recommendedcause they can cause impaction. Why not roaches instead!

 

[PedroANDAshley]

Oh yea you should do super worms instead of meal worms theyre not as bad and theyre just as easy to breed, or so Ive heard.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Hi all
i am going to start 2 new colonies meal worms and crickets but i need some one expert with this thing and tell me how to start it

1-how many worms to start with?
2-whats the size of the container?
3-when i know that my worms are ready to be fed?
4-do i feed them daily or weekly?
5-whats the temperature do they need any kind of light?
6-what to feed the worms?
7-what to put in the bottom of the container?
and with the crickets how to do it

its better to give me pics so i can see how its done
and thank you all
-Faisal-

1 Start with about 50 mealworms if you are only wanting to feed one chameleon with them periodically.
2 You'll need at least two containers, each about a litre in size, but smaller or bigger will work too.
3 worms will eat all the time. A bedding of bran and oats, with small pieces of carrot, squash, apple, dandelion greens etc set on top (for moisture and vitamins)
4 see 3
5 room temp. lighting is unimportant
6- see 3
7 - see 3

You may find these links on breeding mealworms interesting
http://www.sialis.org/raisingmealworms.htm
http://www.javafinch.co.uk/feed/live/live.html

For those who are anti-mealworm:
http://chameleonnews.com/03OctWells.html
mealworms CAN be part of a varied diet. While they certainly shouldnt be a staple item, there is nothing wrong with offering them periodically. Ive been using them as a small part of my chameleons diets for over a decade. They can be gutloaded, just like superworms. They are the easiest and cheapest to breed bug I've ever encountered.

that said, superworms make a slightly better choice, and roaches an even better choice. These are relatively easy to breed as well, though not quite as simplistic as mealworms.

 

[sandrachameleon]

and with the crickets how to do it

read these:
http://www.anapsid.org/crickets.html
http://chameleonnews.com/03JanWellsCrickets.html
http://skylab.org/~chugga/cricket/
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/caresheets/crickets.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060521...com/husbandry/index.php?show=Cricket.Box.html

 

[Chameleons Lover]

You may find these links on breeding mealworms interesting
http://www.sialis.org/raisingmealworms.htm
http://www.javafinch.co.uk/feed/live/live.html

thank you i will start breeding them