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Mealworms #1421579
11/01/19 08:57 AM
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Where can I order safe good quality mealworms


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421580
11/01/19 10:26 AM
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I always purchased from Grubco and never had a problem with their products.

I'm sure others may different choices for you. Wish I could think of some others, but I have finished my coffee yet wink


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421588
11/01/19 10:22 PM
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Grubco is a great resource. Also Rainbow mealworms. Be sure to stay away from places that raise their mealies on cornmeal. It causes alphatoxins in gliders.

I grow my own .


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421596
11/03/19 11:54 AM
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We get our mealworms from PetSmart (that's where we used to get our turtle's mealworms). Do they raise their mealworms with cornmeal?

I'm going to check out Grubco, thanks! thanks


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421603
11/04/19 05:53 PM
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PetSmart usually get their worms from the same source Nationwide. I do trust them for their source which I think is Timberline. But I check dates, take in consideration of the time of year too. I also open each can and do a quick shake and count how many look thin or dead. You can expect to see a few.

My backstory:

We travel at lot with work. We live in a 5th wheel 6-9 months out of the year. I would go local pet stores (Petco, PetSmart, and a few mom and pop stores ).

I inspect them before I'd purchase them to make sure they were in a wheatbran bed. Then I would dump them in a larger container and feed them carrots or apples for 24 hours, removed said food and put them in the fridge for a week. After that I would take them out and feed the same, empty the fras(poop forgot to add I do this when I bring home too) out and clean all dead ones out. Then I'd feed them to my gliders.

That way I made sure they were cleaned and free of alphatoxins. Giving them a week to purge made me feel better. I did this mainly when we were away from home and away from my usual source of mealworms.


We were in Jackson Mississippi for 7 months and finding mealworms that weren't half dead (if I could find any at all) was hard to do so that's when I decided to grow my own. They travel really well and don't take up too much room.

Sorry for the story, but I've walked away from more than 1 can of mealies when I felt they weren't up to par...


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421647
11/17/19 01:16 PM
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Does anyone buy mealworms from The Pet Glider? dunno

I was going to buy a few little toys and saw the mealworms. It makes sense to be able to add those to our order but wanted opinions.
If nobody has, I could just ask them what they feed them. According to this post thread, cornmeal is bad, so I want to make sure they don't use that. rofl


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Re: Mealworms [Re: CKC44] #1421648
11/17/19 01:27 PM
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I've never bought them from her, but I would trust her to have mealies that were raised on the right type of bedding. She would be feeding them to her gliders too.


Dawn

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and
Trust your journey....

Grace :bb:

Leela :rtmo:

Marcie :bb:


Fiona, Dot, Stewie :rbridge:
Dad, Mom, Ruby

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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421671
11/24/19 07:33 PM
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Just FYI - I ordered the 250 pack. Delivered within three days (we're both in Texas) and they came out great. Our little ones LOVE them. We try to keep to 5-6 a day during tent time.
:lshower:


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Re: Mealworms [Re: tracymarie5] #1421673
11/24/19 11:06 PM
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:yes: its always good to get them as close as possible to you.

Glad they got there fast! It's probably still fairly warm there too that helps!


Dawn

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and
Trust your journey....

Grace :bb:

Leela :rtmo:

Marcie :bb:


Fiona, Dot, Stewie :rbridge:
Dad, Mom, Ruby

Wish I could turn back time... Miss you all...

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