Yes, it is true that they give mighty mealies hormones. It is supposed to still be safe to feed your animals though. I chose not to feed them. It is a personal choice. There is an article from suncoast that discusses this
http://www.sugar-gliders.com/glidervet-55.htm bringing up an older thread but i feel its important. I just talked to my wholesaler that sells the giants/mighties.(another mealworm company besides the nyworms i listed above) he stated that any company that says they are not hormone injected are out for a sale. Think about it, a lot of companies will do anything to make a sale. giants are hormone injected he said. He runs a well-known very large nationwide bug company. He told me its impossible no matter what you feed to get giants or mighties without a juvenile hormone. How else do they natuarally get that large, they dont, no matter how much you and I or a company gutloads a mealie, its gonna get to large state then pupate.
They have hormones i strongly believe to be true. Larges and smaller ones are all ok. Supers dont have hormones as they are a different beattle. Giants and mighties do. This is what I have been told and believe me, he'd want to make a sale to me if he could. He knows that being dishonest in his sales could cause issues.
I am concerned still that people are feeding hormone injected mealies by the advice of a companies sales dept. that they are "safe" and not realizing it. No matter what the hormone is(even if a company feels it is safe), I still find it concerning as any hormones given to our gliders could not be safe. ASK this. do they give them juvenile growth hormones or use the word steroids. Also i feel its best to be safe than sorry. Id love to hear a vets perspective on so-called "safe" hormones for animals??? I dont feel any hormones given to an animal whether stated safe or not or given to us for that matter is healthy and completely safe. Just looking out for our beloved gliders out there with still much concern.
Kristy