- Jul 26, 2009
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Hello there.
I have been breeding mealworms for years and these are easiest feeder out there today for both birds and reptiles. All you need to do really is to throw some vegetable in for moisture every few days and they will do the rest. Personally I like to seperate beetles from the bran because it gives me a hobby, but many people do not. Once you have about 200 beetles, you will soon have thousands and thousands of baby mealworms. At first they are the size of the head of a needle and white, but will soon start becoming darker and bigger.
The beetles do not fly and can not climb soft surfaces. If you use a rough surfaced tote or something of similar nature I am guessing the beetles could attempt to climb.
As redhen has stated, if you let them do the work all you have to do is sit back and watch. Within months you will have thousands and thousands of mealworms and not have any clue what to do with them.
The only downside in my opinion to mealworms is they do not have a lot of protein. They also have a high amount of chitin. I don't think this is bad for birds but for lizards they are frowned upon because they depend highly on nutrients which can be obtained via many other feeders.
Anyways, thought I'd throw in my two cents.. personally I don't think mealworms should be bought more than once seeing as how they are so easily bred by the thousands. Buy a few, create thousands.
tea
I have been breeding mealworms for years and these are easiest feeder out there today for both birds and reptiles. All you need to do really is to throw some vegetable in for moisture every few days and they will do the rest. Personally I like to seperate beetles from the bran because it gives me a hobby, but many people do not. Once you have about 200 beetles, you will soon have thousands and thousands of baby mealworms. At first they are the size of the head of a needle and white, but will soon start becoming darker and bigger.
The beetles do not fly and can not climb soft surfaces. If you use a rough surfaced tote or something of similar nature I am guessing the beetles could attempt to climb.
As redhen has stated, if you let them do the work all you have to do is sit back and watch. Within months you will have thousands and thousands of mealworms and not have any clue what to do with them.
The only downside in my opinion to mealworms is they do not have a lot of protein. They also have a high amount of chitin. I don't think this is bad for birds but for lizards they are frowned upon because they depend highly on nutrients which can be obtained via many other feeders.
Anyways, thought I'd throw in my two cents.. personally I don't think mealworms should be bought more than once seeing as how they are so easily bred by the thousands. Buy a few, create thousands.
tea
