Hornworms

[Honda99300ex]

This all makes sense. Good news is that our girl went back to chasing crickets today, so now all these worms will be a yummy treat! thanks for all the feedback!

Good to hear!! Well the hornworms will definitely help to fatten her up, they do wonders! I swear my veiled chameleon grew by the day, in the last month or so, he has doubled in size by eating 2-3 hornworms per day.

 

[discojan]

Wow, that's good to know. She's definitely been growing, as she's continued to shed throughout the process and is now nearly 19.5 inches, but her weight has stayed roughly around 280-290 or so, so we want her to fill out a bit! Veiled chameleons are so beautiful; I 've always wanted one, but I understand they don't like being handled much, si that true?

 

[Honda99300ex]

for the most part, yes that's true haha, but my male is an exception I guess haha he actually eats out of my hand and will go right up my arm when i put it near him. he's really laid back for a veiled, which is really weird haha my friends male veiled will literally try to bite your finger off

 

[discojan]

Wow!!! He's gorgeous

 

[zac]

can you feed hormworms as a staple?

 

[keen77]

I just ordered some hornworms and pheonix worms from http://coastalsilkworms.com for the first time, will let you guys know how it goes

 

[discojan]

We got our hornworms and silkworms from coastal worms today. Our little girl preferred the silkworms; our big girl likes anything that moves!

 

[zillathakilla]

I got a few questions about hornworms! firstly,i heard that beardies have to be roughly 17 inches long?is this correct?also, if i were to buy some online or offline,whats the cost from coastal including shipping,to canada? how many should i feed my beardie a day,or per feeding?

 

[discojan]

I think it depends on the size of the worms and the size of the dragon. We ordered med. silkworms (about 1in long) and hornworms (currently about 3/4 -1 inch, though allegedly they will grow to 4 inches!).

You can go to their site and they will calculate shipping for you.

 

[zillathakilla]

Ugh i can't order anything offline because stupid Canadian shipping is like $25...my $30 reptisun turned up to be a nice $55 gone...bye bye christmas money,zilla enjoys his crix,perhaps their store also has hornworms or silk worms

 

[Honda99300ex]

you can feed them according to size of the worm. i feed my hatchling dragons tiny baby hornworms. i just got 450+ ranging from a couple days old to 1" or so. plus I have moths that hopefully will be laying eggs in the next day or so

 

[zillathakilla]

Are they easy/cheap to breed?and for cheap i mean like under $50 preferably lol

 

[Honda99300ex]

Not necessarily easy, but not very hard. The food is pretty expensive, and you need live tomato plants and nectar for the moths to eat, and an enclosure for them too.

 

[JeepMiller09]

Just ordered from coastal silk it was 20 buck for one container and shipping. Now I am new to hornworms and my understanding is that they r to be used as a treat. 2per day max. Everyone says they grow fast how fast are we talking about? Also can I pick them up by hand? I hear they can bite.

Thanks
Miller

 

[zillathakilla]

If you put them in the fridge i heard they grow a LOT slower, also,shipping to canada is $25+ alone...