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does anyone know if they are a good food source? i read that they are a good source of calcium. i would like to start feeding them to some of my pets if they are?
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Good source of protein, not sure on calcium.
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They have no bones and few nerves so i'd imagin their calcium levels are almost zero. But they are very high in protein.
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i was wondering about that, i read on another forum that they are high in calcium and i was trying to figure out how. but arent silk worms high in calcium? there is a website(cant remember the name ) and they have worms called calciworms, has anyone ever heard of them?
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Ya calciworms or pheniox worms do have a higer ca % but they are so small that for tegus it would cost way too much to feed them as a stable food, its easier to just dust feeders and then switch to whole mamal prey. I don't know about silkworms or hornworm themsevles, but the commercial gut load they are feed is what has the ca in it, which is why they are considered higher in ca.
Insects in general are low in calcium and thats just because there is no bones in them which is a major sorce of calcium in animals.
Insects in general are low in calcium and thats just because there is no bones in them which is a major sorce of calcium in animals.
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oh they are not for the tegus they are for my beardies and leo gecko
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lol ok for a breadie and leo they would be a good addition.
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they are marketed through timberline feeders and petco seems to be stocking them. they are about the size of a small wax worms and are a softbodied worm.
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they are marketed through timberline feeders and petco seems to be stocking them. they are about the size of a small wax worms and are a softbodied worm.
