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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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12/19/08 12:20 PM
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Emailed thenaturesway.com and received an e-mail response that said we should be feeding normal (medium) mealworms.
Last edited by sugarlope; 12/19/08 05:05 PM. Reason: edited text ~sugarlope
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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12/23/08 05:13 PM
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slwhite14
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So afer reading all of this I am now concened myself I should feed my suggie mealworms????
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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12/23/08 05:15 PM
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Regular mealworms (medium/large) aren't the concern, it's the mighty/giants that are in question.
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/01/09 03:16 PM
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Ok so are giant mealies safe for gliders, or should we just stick to the regular mealies?
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/01/09 03:17 PM
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Ok never mind some one right above just answered my question
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/01/09 03:46 PM
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I use giant and extra large mealies for my sweeties. They usually don't have any problems. Occasionaly you might see a glider pick one up the wrong way and it might flick it's hand cause the mealie pinched them. But normally, no problems. I DO pinch off their heads if I feed them to my joeys.
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/04/09 01:38 AM
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All this bug talk is kind of leaving me a little confused: I went and got my little guy mealworms (by BugCo) from Petco.. Those are ok, right? How many should I feed him and how often? EDIT: I also bought Superworms because I didn't know which. I was planning on returning them tomorrow, but apperantly they are safe - as long as you pinch the heads, correct?
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/04/09 02:35 AM
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LOL Jessica... I didn't know just how open you would be to pinching off heads when we spoke on the phone earlier. I couldn't do it. YUCK! LOL But if you feel comfortable, you go right ahead. Yes, people do feed supers to their gliders, but only one a day since they are so huge! My problem with the supers and mighties is that I keep hearing they are fed growth hormones ot get them so big, and I can't imagine that being good for the gliders.
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/04/09 06:11 PM
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It was said earlier in this thread that one provider even did not recommend feeding their "large" size as well.
And I wonder if this is because they begin "treatment" while the mealies are still smaller? Like the medium-large range?
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Re: Mighty or Giant Mealworms. How Safe?
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01/05/09 12:53 AM
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I stick with mediums,( and let them grow, and refrigerate them when they start to pupate), that way I have no reason to believe that they are treated. I would rather give them more smaller worms, than risk their health with "inhanced" worms.
I am in the beginnings of starting a mealie farm as well, so I can avoid all the worrying of who uses what pesticides/hormones/chemicals/feeds.. "Stress Free Feeding" lol
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