tiny789 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 have a 8 week old beardie,and he is such a fussy eater, the only insects he will eat are crickets and locust, i got him 100 mealworms and he wont touch them, even flies wont touch, if i let the mealworms turn into the young brown bettles can i try them on him, will they do him any harm, any ideas any one, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Crickets and locusts are the best. Mealworms questionable imo. Flies to fast and have very little goodness anyway. Mealworm beetles im not sure, i imagine they could be hard to digest. All I do know is crickets and locusts are safe :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 I would stay away from mealworm beatles as they bite. I fed some to my frogs and one got very stressed as it got bitten trying to swallow it so gave up after that. Any new food can be a challenge. Try no live food for a day then give mealworms in one of those containers they can't crawl out of but put it where they can see them moving. Mine took a while to go for them. They don't move much and beardies are movement stimulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melrick1 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 yeh stay away from them, heard too many horror stories regarding them. And most breeders emphisis to avoid them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 my adult beardies delight in crunching up the beetles and it is a real crunch.Never really fed them on purpose mind you,just when the odd one gets mixed in with what I am feeding out and too lazy to catch it out.Young beardies you would be asking for impaction problems I would think,as well as the biting that was mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoticReptilesNZ Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 What would be the difference (exoskeleton digestion-wise) between the beetles and roaches? I've seen darkling beetles often for sale as live food down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Not sure really but just based on observation roaches seem alot softer than the mealworm beetles. And roaches have alot more in them as appose to a small hard beetle.. I would say with confidence that mealworms dont digest nearly as well as roaches do. Cant say ive fed out a lot of beetles. But cant see there being much goodness in them, to validate even running the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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