morio worms treat or staple

[asmaa]

not heard of these when i had rocky but they seem to be all over now but are they a treat or a staple from my understanding there a giant meal worm but not as much on the chitin stuff not aclue mind you charlie was eating them daily which i cut down now to 4 twice a week instead of his locust but not sure if ther eok for a 5 mnth beardy or treat food etc any ideas/ help??

[ladyknite]

They're superworms.  The larvae stage of the darkling beetle.
For the most part, their ratios are on average with a Ca:P ratio of 1:18.  Protein content is slightly lower than a cricket, but higher than a pheonix worm and their fat content is around 18 which is a little high compared to the other feeder options.

To better aid in the health of your dragon, no one feeder should be used exclusively, but instead a combination.  This elimates the actual "staple" clause.  .  Naturally with the superworm, considering the fat content, you would feed signifigantly less compared to crix or roaches on average.

[asmaa]

thanks for that im not overly keen on them they are way too worm like but he seems to like he can be limited to 4 twice a week he gets locust and ill get a small tub crickets i had issues with them escaping and driving is insane chirping in the walls he can coco if he thinks hes getting roaches they seriously creep me out lol

[123TFM456]

I hate it when crickets escape or eat each other that's why i use locust 

[kawajj]

I'm actually interested in this conversation,,

My beardy won't eat anything but morios's ,so far everything has been fine she will eat the odd locust ,maybe 2-3 a week but other than that she doesn't really bother with them. She is not a big veggie eater either.I used to be pulling my hair out worrying about her not eating her greens but it seems she is just a picker.She will only eat spring greens and even then it's rare and she mainly eats morio's.
Im now after seing this post thinking is this bad? (but i have had no problems)

[zebrajanie]

Balance is the ticket here.
You've got to balance the diet of your pet for it to be a healthy eater..
No different than teaching a child how to eat the right foods..

Maybe if you pull the morios and only offer them After the locust are consumed might help.
Keeping those worms to a minimum in the long run would be the best bet.

There are reptile keepers from way back that do know how to balance diets a whole lot better than I do, and know how to compensate the phosphorus in the morio with other foods or supplements.

[asmaa]

you know when they turn into the beetle can the dragon eat the beetles?? i have a friend and she grows bugs like collecting caterpillers etc and i gave her some morios so she can see them grow into the beetle but she cant release them cos there not a uk animal so she was going to bring them back here but can charlie eat them or do they get poisonous or just not a good food for a dragon