keeping worms!

[reptilover]

Wax worms butter worms meal worms.
How do u keep them? I understand gutloading fully but do u keep them in the saw dust lookin stuff they come In? Or is that food? What do you all do for worm keeping. There treats so they last a LONG time and I want to keep them healthy and ready.

 

[reptilover]

Please someone!!
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[reptilover]

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Okay yea no its cool I soooo don't need ur advice ill reasech it outside of this forum shell I've been in since I found It...

I wasn't serious input please. The worms is listed are examples I'm looking for all kinds and all of your variations of keeping as feeders..

 

[mychamtini112012]

Wax worms, I honestly just either keep them in the container they come in or dump them in a small container. But because they are so high in fat and good in about nothing, I keep very few and those are just as treats.
Butterworms, you just keep them in the fridge and they last for a long time. No food or anything.
Mealworms, the same as superworms. Small container with some gutloading food.

You want to know about other feeders as well.? Like, a huge variety of them.?

 

[reptilover]

Wax worms, I honestly just either keep them in the container they come in or dump them in a small container. But because they are so high in fat and good in about nothing, I keep very few and those are just as treats.
Butterworms, you just keep them in the fridge and they last for a long time. No food or anything.
Mealworms, the same as superworms. Small container with some gutloading food.

You want to know about other feeders as well.? Like, a huge variety of them.?

If u want to type it I want to read it.

But u have answered my general question. My problem is I get meal worms and feed one or two a day or two and I can only get em 50ct. so a lot end up dying. I guess I could try some foods high in moisture and nutrients to keep em up. Thank u though very much

 

[Solid Snake]

I dont really keep worms much, but I would recommend putting them in a larger container than the one they come in.

You can keep them in rolled oats, mixed with whatever gutloading materials you like.



I only keep them for very short amounts of time though, so I dont know how that would all work out in the long run...

 

[reptilover]

I dont really keep worms much, but I would recommend putting them in a larger container than the one they come in.

You can keep them in rolled oats, mixed with whatever gutloading materials you like.



I only keep them for very short amounts of time though, so I dont know how that would all work out in the long run...

Thank you!
and I will let u know exactly how it works out.. just give me a month or two

Do u just keep crickets on hand or what do u keep?

 

[Solid Snake]

I no longer keep crickets.

They are too much hassle to breed, well, for me at least, I just dont have the knack for it. I dont like their smell, or hopping either!

I pick some up from time to time still, but I dont keep them on hand.

I do keep dubia and discoid roaches, and I am a huge advocate of them.

They are much easier to keep and breed, and much healthier for your chameleon as well.

I also have bees, grasshoppers, katydids, moths and flies that are very easy to catch and feed off.

I am working on breeding the flies right now.

Mantids are good, but hard(well, time consuming) to raise up to where they are large enough to feed to an adult cham.

I feed the roaches as a staple, and fill in with everything else.

When I lived in the desert, where there were no bugs I kept crickets, roaches, and worms. I have never been successful at breeding the crickets Or I would probably still keep them just for the heck of it.