wax worms,how many for a baby yemen?

[jackie stone]

Thanks Jackie

 

[naich]

once a week you can feed 1 or 2...but thats it...they are like a candy bar and the cham will get addicted if she intakes too many.

 

[eisentrauti]

once a week you can feed 1 or 2...but thats it...they are like a candy bar and the cham will get addicted if she intakes too many.

exactly ! they are very unhealthy. the main feeder should be crickets, dubias and flies

 

[sandrachameleon]

A small growin chameleon can handle the fat. I agree once a week is fine. In a few months, cut that back to less. As an adult, use as a treat only (less than one monthly)

 

[dodolah]

I feed my chameleon variety of insects such as Crickets, Papaya beetle rolleyes, silkworms, hornworms, butterfly (painted lady), mantis, phoenix worms, flies (Blue bottle, house flies, and black soldier), butter worms, WC katydids, isopods (raised by myself), and many other insects.

But, to be quite honest, all my chameleons never eat wax worm or mealworms.

 

[Malicious]

Hey Jackie,


I agree with alot of whats being advised. I feed wax worms as treats mainly, 1-2 worms, once a week, when I have them. They have are about 20-21% fat, so they should be used sparingly.

Feeding them consistently would be the equivlent of you eatting every meal from Mc Donalds. Yikes! I bet you would'nt feel so good after a while.

btw... Welcome to the forums, any friend of Tiff is a friend of mine!


-Jay

 

[writh]

how often should i feed mine meal worms? 3-4 moth old female veiled

 

[sandrachameleon]

how often should i feed mine meal worms? 3-4 moth old female veiled

As little as possible. mealworms (like waxworms) have very little nutritional value. although you can gutload a little. But they also are relatively hard to digest. Lots of other, better bug choices to choose from. Like was said above: roaches, silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, terrestrial isopods, stick insects, cabbage loppers, grasshoppers, crickets, ...

 

[writh]

As little as possible. mealworms (liek waxworms) have very little nutritional value. although you can gutload a little. But they also are relatively hard to digest. Lots of other, better bug choices to choose from. Like was said above: roaches, silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, terrestrial isopods, stick insects, cabbage loppers, grasshoppers, crickets, ...

Do you have any good websites where some of these worms can be found?

 

[sandrachameleon]

Well you're in the USA, so you should try the site sponsors.
http://www.greatlakeshornworm.com/
http://www.stflies.com/
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/
http://www.mulberryfarms.com/

I get butterworms, and sometimes hornworms, from a local pet shop. I breed my own silkworms now, but I used to buy these and hornworms from Canadianfeeders.ca

 

[dodolah]

Do you have any good websites where some of these worms can be found?

all the worms mentioned are available at www.mulberryfarms.com
Isopods are available at www.dendroboards.com or www.joshsfrogs.com or usually any dendrobates sites.
Sticks are illegal in US.. So, forget about them.

I found www.kenthebugguy.com does not carry complete feeders. His site is more for insect pets such as exotic roaches, spiders, scorpions, etc.