mealworms an occasional treat?

[l0u1ss]

Ive read some older threads on here and was wondering is it still a current idea that mealworms should only be offered as a treat for your chams? He's a 5 month old male panther Ive only had for about 5 days. Ive been feeding him crickets as a staple with some mealworms mixed in here and there that he seems to love. Also what would you guys recommend as other staple feeders alongside of crickets? Thanks in advance.

 

[Deevo]

I think as long as their gutloaded well then they can be a good thing to throw into the mix every now and then. They can be hard to digest in large quantities. My cham will eat probably 5-10 a week with no problems

 

[sandrachameleon]

Ive read some older threads on here and was wondering is it still a current idea that mealworms should only be offered as a treat for your chams? He's a 5 month old male panther Ive only had for about 5 days. Ive been feeding him crickets as a staple with some mealworms mixed in here and there that he seems to love. Also what would you guys recommend as other staple feeders alongside of crickets? Thanks in advance.

Try to keep mealworms below roughly 10% of diet.
Silkworms go well with crickets.
but the best is to use a wide variety of prey, and have no single prey type form more than 20% of the diet.