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[mschemmy]

 

[MidnightArachnids]

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Beautiful!

I will say, I never used hornworms.

Are they good to use?

I have only use superworms, crickets and red runners.

 

[mschemmy]

Beautiful!

I will say, I never used hornworms.

Are they good to use?

I have only use superworms, crickets and red runners.

This was the first time I feed my T one. This was a week after he molted. I figured they are very soft bodied and it helps to plump them up a bit.

 

[DustyD]

They are probably pretty good after a molt as they have a high moisture content, but appear to have maybe half the protein content as superworms or crickets.

Some feeder breeders websites have charts comparing nutrients of feeder insects. Reptifiles.com has one.

These insects compared are usually well fed/ gutloaded.

In the past I have relied too much on superworms which are considered a fattier food. But they are easy to care for and when served prekilled still wriggle a little.

Horn worms grow too fast for me and I don’t have the need for enough to make it cost efficient.

 

[MidnightArachnids]

They are probably pretty good after a molt as they have a high moisture content, but appear to have maybe half the protein content as superworms or crickets.

Some feeder breeders websites have charts comparing nutrients of feeder insects. Reptifiles.com has one.

These insects compared are usually well fed/ gutloaded.

In the past I have relied too much on superworms which are considered a fattier food. But they are easy to care for and when served prekilled still wriggle a little.

Horn worms grow too fast for me and I don’t have the need for enough to make it cost efficient.

Great info, thank you!

 

[DustyD]

Hopefully others with more experience with them will comment.

 

[arachbiodude]

Horn worms are nasty. My chameleon will not eat them. You buy a container with small worms and in a week, they are giants. You have hornworm poop all over the container. I pass.

 

[arachbiodude]

Moving sacks of goo. LOL