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busterboy
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Ive been looking around on websites to see where the best prices are for silkworms and hornworms, but they are just so expensive, not mentioning the food that you have to buy for them..(the special formulated food, with no substitues) lol.... Im just curious, is it really worth it to buy the silkworms and hornworms and food for them plus shipping charges? It will deffinitely put a big dent in my wallet. I wanted to maybe buy some and breed them to save money, but that also takes time, money(for bins and etc), more food to buy them to grow them to appropriate size. soo the questions are...
1) for people who breed, is it worth it? Or should i just buy my $1 a hornworm and 3 silkworms for 1$ at local pet store?
2) how much time (seriously) does it take to care for the breeding,eggs, hatchlings, and etc.
3) I know they are the best feeders, but the food they eat is what kills me in expenses. It costs so much to feed those mouths.
Whats everyones opinion.... and ofcourse I would love to give my chameleons, leopard gecko, and bearded dragon these foods all the time... but I just cant afford it.. I feel horrible
.. and please dont say i cant afford them, because I do give them everything they need like new UVB bulbs and new accessories to their cages and new cages when they outgrow their old ones, but food kills me badly.
every friday I stop at the store and buy them hornworms as a little treat for them, but that costs me 10$ for one day of feeding
but i do it because I love them.
Right now, to be honest I only feed them gutloaded crickets that I feed different vegetables, and foods to, to make sure they are getting everything they need, and occasionally some mealworms that i breed. and the every friday hornworms.
whats everyones view?
1) for people who breed, is it worth it? Or should i just buy my $1 a hornworm and 3 silkworms for 1$ at local pet store?
2) how much time (seriously) does it take to care for the breeding,eggs, hatchlings, and etc.
3) I know they are the best feeders, but the food they eat is what kills me in expenses. It costs so much to feed those mouths.
Whats everyones opinion.... and ofcourse I would love to give my chameleons, leopard gecko, and bearded dragon these foods all the time... but I just cant afford it.. I feel horrible
every friday I stop at the store and buy them hornworms as a little treat for them, but that costs me 10$ for one day of feeding
Right now, to be honest I only feed them gutloaded crickets that I feed different vegetables, and foods to, to make sure they are getting everything they need, and occasionally some mealworms that i breed. and the every friday hornworms.
whats everyones view?