Can calciworms be fed as a staple diet?

[Daveismydragon]

Today I ordered some calciworms from livefood uk and I was wondering if anybody else has ever used them and if so how good are they? I was also wondering if they are ok to be fed as a staple diet. I would obviously still offer locusts some days but would the worms be ok to make up a lot of the food my dragon will eat?
Thanks

 

[DragonBeauty]

Hello Dave,

Yes! Calciworms, Reptiworms, and Phoenix worms are all the same worm. They are an excellent staple and filled with calcium so you wont have to dust them. I feed Reptiworms as a staple to my Dragon (with a variety of greens like collard, mustard, and dandelion) and he loves them! They are easy to keep too and don't stink :lol: ......I keep mine in a wine fridge at 55 degrees fahrenheit. They need to be kept between 50f-60f. Try them out.....your Dragon might like them. If he throws his noes up at them at first don't get discouraged, he will come around when he gets hungry enough. :wink:
Hope this helped! If you need more help let me know!

 

[Daveismydragon]

Thanks for the help!
Is it okay for young dragons and how many should I feed at a time?

 

[DragonBeauty]

Your welcome!
Yes.....calciworms are ok for every age Dragon. They are soft worms and you wont have to worry about impaction. Just be sure to get the proper size worm for the dragon your feeding. The worm sizes come in x-small to large. Feed him as many as he will eat in 10-15 minutes. Whatever he doesn't eat, take out and restore the worms back in their container.

 

[Daveismydragon]

Great! Thanks

 

[DragonBeauty]

Anytime!

 

[CountofCasualty]

Just so you know, on the Calciworms site they recommending not feeding as a staple but instead as a supplement so you don't have to dust with Calcium. Please keep that in mind. While they are the same larvae, they do not have the same nutritional content, Calciworms being lower in phosphorus and higher in calcium then Reptis and Pheonix worms.

 

[Claudiusx]

Just so you know, on the Calciworms site they recommending not feeding as a staple

Which reminds me. They have never gotten back to me with that e mail....
It's been a month, some service huh.

-Brandon

 

[CountofCasualty]

I was wondering about that, Brandon! Huh. That's not very good service at all. ReptiWorms is always really on point with their replies to anything I send them. Maybe try emailing them again??

 

[Daveismydragon]

I used Livefood UK to order mine. Delivered the next day! Definitely would recommend them. I've been feeding locusts and calciworms together and I have already noticed an increase in growth and he also seems a lot more active.
Thanks
James