I just bought 100 tiny meal worms for my fire bellied toads and newt. I'm going to put them in a tiny kritter kit and need to know what to give them to eat. Thanks
2006-11-30 06:00:56 · 7 answers · asked by pharfly1 5 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Anything :)
I make up a substrate for them, that they live in and eat.
It consist of corn starch, oats, flake fish food, dry pablum, and some vitamin and calcium powder. I also throw in some potato, carrot, kale, or whatever, for watery foods and additional vitamins.
Also, if you don't feed them to your toads / newt, they will eventually turn into beetles. They take a while to breed, but it's easy and not very stinky to do.
2006-11-30 06:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We always used a mix of corn flakes and corn meal. If you do breed them, make sure to have a screen on top because we had another form of moth get in a breed along side of them...The flying moth ended up everywhere in the house.
2006-11-30 06:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by Holly F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always used yellow corn meal for my meal worms and super worms. Be sure to put fresh potato slices in with them when they start to dry out.
2006-11-30 06:13:31 · answer #3 · answered by redbass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to grow meal worms in school and I believe that we fed mainly corn flakes, but I think you could add anything starchy.
2006-11-30 06:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always put in pieces of raw potatoes. It gives them their food and water all in one. They can eat just about anything.
2006-11-30 06:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oat meal works well.
2006-11-30 06:08:53 · answer #6 · answered by davidosterberg1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.msu.edu/user/ragsdale/mealworm.htm
2006-11-30 06:05:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋