Baby Superworms?

[RolandKyramere]

So, I've been having a lot of issues with crickets, so I've been looking at other ways to feed my beardies. Great Lakes Hornworms sells baby superworms that are 1/2" to 3/4". Would these be alright to feed to my 7.5 inch beardie? They are about the same size as small mealworms.

 

[RolandKyramere]

Bump

 

[RolandKyramere]

Anyone?

 

[GoFast]

you would probably be ok. Just don't order a lot at a time since the worms grow faster than your dragon. Id stick to orders less than 250

 

[RolandKyramere]

Thank you!

 

[runningguy]

I started my beardie on superworms when he was 11 inches and have had no problem.

 

[RolandKyramere]

I lost two batches of 1500+ crickets in less than a month, so I've been going to the petstore and getting their crickets so at least I'm not wasting food. But its such a rip off...

 

[runningguy]

Do you keep the crickets inside or in a cold garage? I keep mine inside, but they don't chirp. 1500 adult crickets would be loud.

 

[RolandKyramere]

Hehe, yeah, I actually used to keep them in either my bathroom or the laundry room. I had sub adults, who never seemed to chirp, which was nice. And then they all died, which was sad. And yucky.

 

[remi1]

Superworms have a much higher fat content than crickets, like 17 (I think the unit is %, can't remember ) vs 6%-ish for crickets. Have you thought about starting a dubia colony? That's what I'm going to do as soon as I get back from CT. That way you don't have to worry about losing crickets. Bizarre that they all died like that. Bet that reeked :bleick:

 

[RolandKyramere]

Yes, it did reek, however, dubias are out of the question for me, as I rent and don't want to be responsible if somehow some did escape and create their own colony in my apartment (and my roommates would murder me).

 

[remi1]

Lol, my fiance said the same thing when I mentioned starting a colony b/c we also rent and he was worried about them breeding. So I posted a question on the forum about it to see if anyone else had an issue w/it. Apparently, unless you live in a warm climate, it's not an issue and they will die w/in a day or two. Just like crickets.