Minimealworms/ Tenebrio obscurus

ohazombie · Nov 26, 2010

http://minimealworms.com/
Can anyone give me some more information on these guys? Are they better/healthier than regular mealworms? Are they safe to feed baby beardies? How do you breed them?

If anyone on here has ordered these, please tell me what you(r beardie) thought of them.

Beardednoob · Nov 26, 2010

When it comes to meal worms, in any case best advice would be to use only if you have too. Mealies are high in chitin therefore blocking of any nutritional content. The only thing a mealie can offer is a risk of impaction and calories.

Claudiusx · Nov 26, 2010

I highly recommend. Years ago when these were first introduced I tried them with one of my babies and had great results.

Much much better and healthier than normal mealworms. Much more nutrient packed, they are pretty soft.

My experience with them was great. The only thing I dislike about them, and why I stopped using them, is because they are hard to get out of the bran they came in (not sure if they still come in that) since they were so small.
But I never had impaction issues, and I raised one baby almost entirely on them and she was one of my biggest adults.

Ps, don't get confused between "minimealworms" and "baby mealworms." There is a big difference.

-Brandon

Derek32 · Nov 26, 2010

i order them all the time and they are great. soft and i have had no problems. its kinda hard to get them out of the bran but wht i do it put a piece of sweet potatoe on there for them to eat and when i need som ei lift up the potato slice and theres a ton of em under it. minimealworms.com is keeping their breeding strictly confindential but im doing a lil testing here and am working on breeding them myself at the moment.

Claudiusx · Nov 26, 2010

If you could figure out the optimal ways to breed I might be interested in them again

-Brandon

Derek32 · Nov 26, 2010

right now i have the, separated. waiting for them to pupate lol

ohazombie · Nov 26, 2010

Would a diet of silkworms, reptiworms, and minimealworms be okay? (along with fruits & veggies, of course) When I was on the minimealworm website earlier with my new beardie, we were watching a video of their mealworms, and s/he was going crazy. I can tell s/he misses more active prey, like crickets. I think s/he might like them more than slow moving silkworms, which I'm having difficulty getting him/her to eat on his/her own. S/he eats them well when s/he thinks they're minimealworms, though.

Claudiusx · Nov 26, 2010

yeah, mine liked that they were very active and fast too.

-Brandon

Derek32 · Nov 27, 2010

mine loves themm more than crix. personally i love them too(no i dont eat them lol i like feeding these over crix) she even trys to eat them through the glass. she knows when shes getting fed too. ill go walk in the room and she looks at me like she always does. then if i reach for the drawer she just knows ands goes NUTS

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