Superworms????

[Chicotheman]

Are they OK? I feed Chico crickets everyday.... but he loves to have him a few superworms everyday as well. Is that OK for him?
Thanks Drew

 

[GoFast]

how big is he?

 

[Chicotheman]

Around 10 to 12"s head to tail

 

[UTreptiles]

Yeah, superworms are ok for a beardie that size. I feed all my beardies superworms as a treat once or twice a week. They absolutely love them.

 

[Jiffy]

from most everything I have read, the beardie needs to be about 16 inches long before feeding superworms.
My beardies love them. I have one beardie that is 15 and 1/2 inches, and I feed him the completely white freshly shed supers, since they dont have the hard shell.

 

[Chicotheman]

Where do you find those?

 

[Lovethelife07]

yeah i agree but i wouldnt feed superworms to anything smaller than 10 or 12 inches just because of the impaction factor...i havnt heard many stories but i have heard some about the shells impacting them

 

[Chryss]

from most everything I have read, the beardie needs to be about 16 inches long before feeding superworms.
My beardies love them. I have one beardie that is 15 and 1/2 inches, and I feed him the completely white freshly shed supers, since they dont have the hard shell.

Where can you buy the white freshly shed supers?

 

[ronni1221]

from most everything I have read, the beardie needs to be about 16 inches long before feeding superworms.
My beardies love them. I have one beardie that is 15 and 1/2 inches, and I feed him the completely white freshly shed supers, since they dont have the hard shell.

Where can you buy the white freshly shed supers?

You can't just buy them like that. When a super or roach shed, they are white and soft underneath. Within a few hours, this begins to harden and change into a darker color. It's just a part of their life cycle, not a permanent stage.

 

[dragonrex]

I used to feed Rex exclusively superworms, along with veggies, and i read somewhere that they can be highly addictive, so i stopped feeding them to him. He always seemed to be a very picky eater (he'd only eat corn, grapes and okra), but he would never refuse a worm. Since i've stopped feeding him super's, he's eating a lot more veggies; especially veggies he wouldn't eat before like brocolli and carrots. The insects i've been giving him lately are wax worms. I know they're fattening, but he loves them, and a little weight on a beardie is a good thing (sometimes he bromates for six months)!

Krista