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Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:08 pm
by drj1259
As the title states i just wanted to know if meal worms had any nutritional value for my gsp. I soak food in vita chem first but i got a huge tub from a friend that had turtles and got rid of them. I know this is not something that should be fed everyday but still free food is always good if there is a use for it. Thanks for any help
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:58 am
by Pufferpunk
Only as an occasional treat. Their outer skin (chiton) is difficult to digest.
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:01 pm
by drj1259
ok thx looks like there is atleast "some" use for them
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:15 pm
by RTR
If you are in routine mealworm production, as I used to be to feed birds and some herps, you should select the white mealworms. Those are freshly hatched or freshly molted and the shells are soft. I did use such as treats for puffers and other fish, but the insect casings are not to me right "crunch" for incisor wear in puffers.
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:18 pm
by greenspottedlover
I think insects such as mealworms are good for feeding puffers as long as it is not the only thing.
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:46 pm
by Pufferpunk
You do, huh? What's your experience with this?
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:35 pm
by sevenyearnight
My bichir got constipated on a meal worm when he was smaller. He stopped eating and pooping (which normally go together) lol. It took almost 2 weeks, but he finally shat out the chiton in two intact pieces. I thought he was going to die. Never again a meal worm shall be fed.
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:46 pm
by greenspottedlover
Pufferpunk wrote:You do, huh? What's your experience with this?
Yah now that I think about it my puffer seems more lively and colorful after I switched from mealworms to maggots/maggot pupas
Re: Meal Worms For GSP
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:55 pm
by Mac Myers
My. How odd.
The thing I've learned about mealworms is that they are about on par with Pork Rinds as a food favorite. I've fed them to a LOT of different animals.
I don't have any experience feeding them to fish (other than Oscars when I couldn't get Earthworms or clean feeders) as I've found them to be all but useless as anything other than a "treat" or an emergency fill in.
If you want to feed that sort of food to your beasties and they are larger than a Dwarf Puffer (or you don't want to chop anything up)... then use "Superworms" (
Zophobas morio). Better Goo to Chitin ratio, better nutrition, and you don't have to keep them in the fridge and get punched in the throat by your significant other..
