Use of reptiworms

[camimom]

I ordered a 200 count cup of reptiworms from mulberryfarms.com
My question is, what is their nutritional value and how often should i feed them to my 7 month old male veiled?
SHould they be a once a week treat, once a month, once a day, what exactly?
i know about mealwroms and stuff, but not reptiworms.

 

[Symbiot]

They're also known as phoenix worms. Check out this nutritional comparison chart to see how they compare to other common feeders. They are high in calcium and great for chameleons. A couple phoenix worms daily along with your staple feeder will be no problem to him. I recently bought a cup of 150 and my baby panther loves them.

http://www.phoenixworm.com/servlet/the-template/comparison/Page

 

[camimom]

Awesome! thanks! so glad to know I wont have to keep them hanging around forever

 

[jdog1027]

I think they are awesome. I have several Black Soldier Fly buckets outside and each one produces hundreds of worms a month. I think they are a great source of calcium and they require very little maintainence. I've seen some people suggest not to use them as anything more than a treat, but I feed my juveniles and hatchlings at least every 2-3 days with Black Soldier Fly larva. I've had great results with them. Here is a picture taken today. The hatchling hatched out this weekend, and the larger juvenile hatched on 5/10/2011. I've been feeding the bigger girl Black Soldier Fly larva since she was about 3 weeks old in addition to crickets and occasional mealworms.

 

[chameleonoobie]

I have two buckets going, from an initial order of 150 small I probably have 10,000 now from pupating the worms into adults that have laid eggs in my buckets. My chameleons love the adult flies too, but I’m not sure of the nutritional content of those. The grub phase is well documented to be highly nutritious, high in calcium, proteins and fats.

 

[jdog1027]

I have two buckets going, from an initial order of 150 small I probably have 10,000 now from pupating the worms into adults that have laid eggs in my buckets. My chameleons love the adult flies too, but I’m not sure of the nutritional content of those. The grub phase is well documented to be highly nutritious, high in calcium, proteins and fats.

You ordered yours? You know they are indigenous to the southeast? If you were to just seed some buckets with either wet alfalfa pellets or wet dry corn until it begins to ferment, you'll have them naturally set up themselves. PM me how you set your buckets up.

 

[heartben]

i sent you a message jdog. i am interested in trying this out.

 

[chameleonoobie]

I built my buckets like I saw on line and Youtube. I have a photo album on here with pictures of mine. I did order the worms to get my first bucket started. I keep mine right inside my walk in chameleon cage, which has ¼ inch mesh that I have seen the adult flies I released go through, and the neat part, have seen them come back in from outside too. They are drawn to the scent from the bucket and return to lay eggs there. It wasn’t until I pupated some that I even knew what the adult really looked like, then I was like, I’ve seen those before. Never knew what they were.
I’ll try to include a link to the album- if this works like regular bulletin board code it should work (I’m not that good with this stuff yet) If it doesn’t work go to my profile and my photo albums and find it that way.

Black Soldier Fly Album