food questions

[kasia]

what is the best/cheapest place to buy silkworms online ( i live in california)...
other then silkworms what other food is good for a panther chameleon ( tired of feeding him crickets)

 

[Julirs]

There are not very many options for buying Silks and Mulberry is a good one. Superworms are great feeders and easy to gutload, roaches are also good. Hormworms too!

 

[Malicious]

I use Mulberryfarms, they are located in Fallbrook. UPS ground shipping is 1 day shipping. They are a site sponsor aswell.



Good feeders include:

Crickets
Silkworms
Hornworms
Waxworms
Superworms
Pheonix worms
Dubia roaches
butterworms
locust
Blue Bottle Flys
House Flys

You want to steer clear of wild caught insects, you never know what they are consuming along with the risk of parasites and bacteria.

-Jay

 

[kasia]

There are not very many options for buying Silks and Mulberry is a good one. Superworms are great feeders and easy to gutload, roaches are also good. Hormworms too!

i been feeding him superworms and crickets so far i just wanted to add some variety to his diet
what should i gutload the superworms with ?

 

[Malicious]

I am using apples, oranges, romain lettice, and carrots for my superworms.

 

[kinyonga]

For both the crickets and the superworms and cockroaches, I use a wide variety of greens (dandelion, kale, endive, escarole, mustard greens, collards, etc.) and veggies (carrots, squash, sweet potato, sweet red pepper, celery leaves, zucchini, etc.).

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

yeah www.mulberryfarms.com are very helpful i am actually expecting some silkworms and hornworms this week! yay!

 

[kasia]

thank you everybody... i ordered some hornworms, silkworms and phoenix worms ( a small quantity of each too see what my chameleon likes since hes a spoiled little brat... which is probably my fault ... oh well gotta love him anyways... lol
hopefully that will give him a little bit more variety since hes sick of crickets too