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Nutritional Question regarding crickets, wax worms, night crawlers and meal worms

nygaboon Mar 13, 2005 04:18 PM

My current collection is quite large and I have many insectivores. For the most part I feed dusted crickets and so far no I've had problems. However, I am looking to supplement the diet of several species with different feeders during dry spells when I have difficulty getting crickets. What does everyone have to say about the nutritional benefits of the above named feeders and the pros and cons of each?
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0.1.1 argentine horn
0.0.2 pixie
1.1.0 fire salamanders
0.0.1 axolotl
0.1.0 golden gecko
0.1.0 skunk gecko
0.0.1 cali king
0.1.0 sumatran blood python
0.1.0 ball python
0.0.1 corn snake
1.0.0 jungle carpet python
0.0.2 giant black millipdes
0.0.2 dumpys
0.1.0 Argentine B&W

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sbear Mar 14, 2005 12:03 AM

I can't ever get my data sheet to ever paste here right so, I'll go this way. Wax worms are a waste of time, they have too much fat and a lot of other problems. Too be honest the best feeder you can get is roaches, and it's not even a close race.
see if this works.
--------------Crickets---Mealworms—Waxworms—--Superworms--Fly Larva
Moisture-------68.96------62.89-----60.97-----58.91-------69.02
Ash------------1.52-------1.20------0.97------1.29--------1.24
Protein--------20.72------18.65-----15.40-----18.92-------15.32
Fat------------5.74-------13.64-----20.12-----15.07-------5.96
Carbohydrates--3.06-------3.62------2.54------5.81--------8.46
mg/100g_Calc.--21.53------3.28------13.14-----10.80-------17.73
mg/kg_Vit._C---105.90-----38.10-----23.60-----9.80--------9.80
Dietary_Fiber--2.80-------2.00------1.60------2.20--------2.70
Calories/Fat---51.66------122.76----181.08----135.63------53.64

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