i work at a nature center and for about the past month our dragons haven't reallybeen eating. today i noicd that there were mealworms liveing in there cage so they had to been eating them. is it ok for them to have mealworms anytime they want?
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unlimited mealworms
akita
Jun 27, 2004 12:45 PM
Replies (3)
littleherper
Jun 27, 2004 01:20 PM
yes it is ok. just as long as the mealworms arnt nipping at the dragons while there sleeping. try collecting the meal worms and putting them in a bowl of dish.
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jonathan
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kephy
Jun 27, 2004 03:58 PM
Mealworms are not a good staple. Too much chitin and too little nutritional content. Fine for a treat now and then, but not on a regular basis.
beautifuldragons.com has a chart for nutritional content of different foods for beardies and is says to feed mealworms to them rarely. This is what else it says...
"Low calcium, high phosphorus & fat, hard chitin shell"
Not good for regular eating. Gut loaded crickets or silkworms are much, much better.
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Amanda
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lil_frogger2
Jun 27, 2004 07:47 PM
The hard shell can also impact your lizard and kill it, depending on the age.
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Julie 
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