When to give him worms?

[patron17]

My baby is about five to six weeks old and right now he is only getting crickets for live food. I know meal worms are not the best for babies and i will probably give them to him eventually. All I'm asking is how long should i wait till i start to give him meal worms along with the crickets?

 

[Spike1etta]

Start with soft bodied worms: wax, butter, horn and calci/phoenix

Mealworms are for after they turn 1yr old

 

[CGuzmanReptiles]

I wouldnt give mealworms even after 1yo just because they are not nutritional in any ways and theres much better worms out there you can feed.

You can try phoenix worms or better yet, start a dubia colony and join the club

 

[patron17]

Where can i get dubai raoches, and how hard is it to start and maintain a colony. Do they die off fast or anything like that? And what supplies would i need to start one? Will it be expensive?

 

[Claudiusx]

There are lots of guides and youtube videos about dubia roach colonies that will go into much better detail than any single response here will give you.

To answer your original question of when to start feeding mealworms, never.

-Brandon

 

[CGuzmanReptiles]

Read a couple threads on the feeders forum and browse the for sale forum, theres lots of people selling startup kits.