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Making the Most of the Mealworm: some tips on enhancing the nutritional value of this pet trade staple

[…]baby food, with a bit of Tetramin Flake Fish Food added in, and provide banana skins for moisture. Mealworm Pupa Mealworm pupae are a fine food for turtles, newts, aquatic frogs and those lizards that accept non-living food items. They are low in chitin and likely have a different nutrient […]
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Medications Based on the Immune System of the Mealworm or Darkling Beetle (Tenebrio molitor) may someday prevent the Emergence of Drug Resistant Microbes – Research Update

[…]location: http://tenebrionidae.net/forum/. Please also see my article on the proper use of mealworms as a pet food: Making the Most of the Mealworm: some tips on enhancing the nutritional value of this pet trade staple Image referenced from Wikipedia and originally posted by […]
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Feeding Leopard Geckos – Beyond the Cricket and Mealworm Diet – Part 2

Please see Part I of this article for Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) feeding basics.  Today we’ll cover 2 of the “finer points” you should keep in mind when feeding your pet. Mice Perhaps the biggest mistake pet keepers make regarding Leopard Geckos is to use pink mice as a regular […]
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Terrestrial Isopods (Sowbugs, Pillbugs, Potato Bugs) As Food for Captive Reptiles and Amphibians

[…]are fine. Be sure to keep an eye on moisture levels during hot, dry periods. A breeding colony will supply huge numbers of isopods of all sizes. My Experience I have always kept an isopod colony for my collection, and have used them in zoos as well. They are easy […]
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Frog Diets – Nutritious Foods for Popularly-Kept Frogs and Toads – Part 1

[…]Please see the articles referenced below to learn about the proper care of crickets and mealworms and the use of commercially available cricket foods. I powder most store-bought insects with supplements, alternating among Reptivite with D3,  ReptiCalcium and Reptocal.  I do not use supplements when feeding wild-caught invertebrates.   Further […]
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Product Review: Gel-Based Water Sources for House Crickets (Acheta domestica)

[…]seems, for reasons not completely understood, to rapidly decimate cricket colonies.  Misting the colony, a useful technique as regard many insects, is worse, and again will result in heavy losses. The advent of gel-based cricket water substitutes is one of the most important recent innovations in food animal maintenance.  These […]
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Reptile, Amphibian, Scorpion and Tarantula Feeding Tools

[…]among our pets.   Hanging Mealworm Feeder The perforated bottom of Zoo Med’s Hanging Mealworm Feeder allows grubs to find their own way into the terrarium.  Mealworms that escape detection will encourage natural hunting behaviors.  Animals of all kinds quickly learn to recognize the feeder…if you remove it when not […]
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Earthworm Flakes – a New Food for Tadpoles, Newts and other Aquatic Pets

[…]by smaller amphibians and fishes are nearly impossible to obtain unless one sets up a breeding colony.  While this is feasible if you have access to a cool basement or similar area (please see article below), not everyone is able to indulge their pets in this manner. Using Earthworm Flake […]
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Frog Diets – Nutritious Foods for Popularly-Kept Frogs and Toads

[…]and tomato hornworms, available via internet dealers, should be offered from time to time. I use mealworms and super mealworms sparingly, and usually select only newly-molted (white) individuals.  I have found crayfishes to be an important food item for a wide variety of frogs.  I remove their claws, just to […]
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2010’s Amphibian Discoveries – New Species and New Information – Part 2

[…]often living into their 70’s. Due to the Olm’s rarity, researchers have maintained a breeding colony in a cave at St. Girons, France, since the 1952.  A search of its records revealed that individual Olms have survived for over 100 years…double the lifespan of the previous record-holders, the Japanese Giant […]
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