Breeding Mealworms.

[geckogirl103]

Hey Everyone!

I'm kinda new to this, although iv kept many reptile's & other animals, i'v never actually Bread Mealworms. I'd love to start so i can provide them for my geckos and soon to be two sugar glider babys

If anyone could help me get started in what to do, that would be great!

I'v done alot of research, but everything i read is different so id like to know the correct way for i can give them the proper care needed to survive and reproduce!

thanks in advance for any help/tips/advice anyone can give me! it will all be greatly appreecated !

 

[Hilde]

This thread should answer most, if not all, of your questions.

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/feeders-food-and-nutrition/35613-mealworm-breeding.html

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Here are more tips.

I recommend either chicken mash or Zoo Med's Natural Adult Bearded Dragon Food as the mealworm diet. Add a dish of chopped collard greens off to the side for a good calcium boost.

#99---Superworm & Mealworm Tips......acpart (October 2014)
acpart/Aliza: superworms & mealworm tips

"1. Keep the superworms and the mealworms at normal room temperatures. The refrigerator is too cool for them.

2. I keep both my mealworms and superworms in ground up grain bedding. I buy my ground up stuff from a USA supplier. In Europe you could do one of the following:
get a variety of grain and cereal and put it in the blender (they can eat whole grains but it will be much easier for you to get them out of the bedding if the grain is ground up)
OR buy some chicken feed

You can also feed superworms and mealworms vegetable pieces that you would normally throw away: potato peels, Bell pepper cores, eggplant peels, carrot ends, sweet potato ends, broccoli stalks. They completely demolish them!

3. I feed superworms by dropping 1 at a time in front of the gecko. For a very reluctant gecko, I hold the gecko and gently poke the superworm at the mouth until it bites the worm. I have a gecko that rarely eats in the winter and a few years ago he was losing a lot of weight. I used a hypodermic needle to poke the superworm, got some of the guts on the end of the needle and poked it (gently) into the gecko's mouth. He didn't get much, but it did some good and he eventually started eating again. He's about to go into his annual winter fast, but he weighs 90 grams right now."