Mealworms?

[LCfrogs]

Are mealworms safe to feed to a bearded dragon. I have a bunch of meal worms because I also have seven fire belly toads that love them as a treat. I actually did try to feed my baby dragon mealworms, but she wasn't interested and didn't eat any. I'm afraid to feed her any other kind of worm just yet since she's so tiny. She LOVES and will only eat crickets, so I've been gut loading them with veggies, because she won't eat the veggies herself. Anyway, back to my original question, are mealworms safe? At work they feed the dragons mealworms when we're low or out of small crickets. Some of the dragons practically pounce on them, other dragons ignore them. I've just read on some posts that mealworms are bad. So I'm just wondering. Also, I have red wigglers too. Can bearded dragons eat those, if I tore them up into small pieces for her?

 

[Hdrydr31]

Are mealworms safe to feed to a bearded dragon. I have a bunch of meal worms because I also have seven fire belly toads that love them as a treat. I actually did try to feed my baby dragon mealworms, but she wasn't interested and didn't eat any. I'm afraid to feed her any other kind of worm just yet since she's so tiny. She LOVES and will only eat crickets, so I've been gut loading them with veggies, because she won't eat the veggies herself. Anyway, back to my original question, are mealworms safe? At work they feed the dragons mealworms when we're low or out of small crickets. Some of the dragons practically pounce on them, other dragons ignore them. I've just read on some posts that mealworms are bad. So I'm just wondering. Also, I have red wigglers too. Can bearded dragons eat those, if I tore them up into small pieces for her?

No mealworms are not really good for dragons especially young ones because they contain chitlin in their shells that make them very hard to digest and can cause impaction. Yes they can eat the red worms just make sure they were not raised for bait and don't have chemicals from the bedding they are in.

 

[Draeju's_world]

The only mealworms i would feed any young dragon are the white ones that just molted. Small supers are a better choice but dont over do it with them (feed sparingly). Use caution with young dragons, feed them early in the day and make sure to hydrate the dragons before feeding.

 

[PatsyB]

No to meal worms. As far as the red wigglers go, you can try but they probably won't like them. Red wigglers put off a toxin when atracked that makes them taste bad and makes predators spit them out.

 

[LCfrogs]

No to meal worms. As far as the red wigglers go, you can try but they probably won't like them. Red wigglers put off a toxin when atracked that makes them taste bad and makes predators spit them out.

Oh wow! I didn't know that!!!

 

[PatsyB]

Oh wow! I didn't know that!!!

I found out after I bought some for my frogs and they spit them out like a kid fed broccoli LOL!

 

[LCfrogs]

I found out after I bought some for my frogs and they spit them out like a kid fed broccoli LOL!

Lol! I have 7 fire belly toads and they seemed to like them actually.